Presentations

"The Economics of the Global Response to HIV/AIDS," Center for Global Development, Washington DC, June 2016, also at IMF (June 2016) and Queen Mary, London, January 2016.

"Cost-Effectiveness – Lessons from the Global Response to HIV/AIDS," Imperial College London, February 2016, also Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, January 2016.

"Assessing Cost-Effectiveness of HIV/AIDS Programs and Interventions," UNAIDS Experts Meeting on Optimization Guidance, Johannesburg, March 2015.

"Financial Sustainability and Sustainable Financing of HIV/AIDS Programs," UNAIDS ESA Regional Stock Taking Meeting on HIV/AIDS Investment Cases, Johannesburg, February 2015.

"(Cost-)Effectiveness of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention," CSAE Conference 2014 - Economic Development in Africa, Oxford, March 2014.

"(Cost-)Effectiveness of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention," 17th International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA 2013), Cape Town, December 2013.

"(Cost-)Effectiveness of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention," Health Economics Research Centre, Oxford, October 2013.

"Framing the Economic Question," Workshop on "A New Economic Framework for Better HIV Decision Making in Sub-Saharan Africa," London, June 2012.

"Ethics and Economics of the Global Response to HIV/AIDS," panelist, University College, London, May 2012.

"Twenty-first Century Threats: HIV/AIDS", Gresham Lecture, Barnard's Inn Hall, London, February 2012.

"Contribution of Increased Life Expectancy to Living Standards," 3rd Joint CES/HESG Workshop, Aix-en-Provence, January 2012.

"Global Distribution of Donor Funding for HIV and Responses to Constrained Resources" and "Assessing the Fiscal Sustainability of the National Response to HIV/AIDS," UNAIDS/World Bank Economics Reference Group, November 2011.

"Contribution of Increased Life Expectancy to Living Standards," CSAE Research Workshop and OPHI Seminar, November 2011.

"HIV/AIDS as a Fiscal Liability," Prevention Science and Mathematical Modelling Reference Group, World Bank, October 2011.

"HIV/AIDS as a Fiscal Liability," Conference on Development Economics and Policy, Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuß Entwicklungsländer, Berlin, June 2011.

"Growth Effects of ICTs Across Developing Countries," CSAE Annual Conference, Oxford, March 2011.

"Growth Effects of ICTs Across Developing Countries," Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford, February 2011.

"HIV/AIDS as a Fiscal Liability," CSAE Research Workshop, University of Oxford, November 2010.

"HIV/AIDS, Economic Growth, Inequality," Friday Development Lecture, London School of Economics, October 2010.

"What Are the Social and Economic Effects of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa?," City of London School for Girls, October 2010.

"HIV/AIDS – Development Impact, Policy Challenges," Southern Africa 2020 Vision, Windhoek, August 2009.

"HIV/AIDS, Growth, and Inequality," IHEA Annual Conference, Beijing, July 2009.

"Determinants of Access to Antiretroviral Therapy Across Countries ," Amsterdam Institute for International Development, December 2008.

"Macroeconomic Impacts of HIV/AIDS," Symposium on "HIV/AIDS in Africa: Socio-Economic Considerations," held by United Nations University at UN, New York, September 2008.

"HIV/AIDS as an Economic Development Risk in South Asia,"Amsterdam Institute for International Development, December 2007.

"HIV/AIDS as an Economic Development Risk in South Asia," presentation of conference version of book of the same title, International Conference on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific, Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 2007.

"Impact of and Access to Information and Communication Technologies in Low- and Low-Middle Income Countries," Annual Meeting of the European Economic Association, Budapest, 2007.

"Information and Communication Technologies in Low- and Low-Middle-Income Countries: An Economic Assessment," Workshop on Knowledge Flows, Queen Mary, University of London, March 2007.

"HIV/AIDS as an Economic Development Risk in Asia," Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association, January 2007.

"HIV/AIDS, Public Policy, and Development in the “New Age” of Expanded Access to Treatment," Amsterdam Institute for International Development, December 2006.

"A Global Perspective of the Social and Economic Impact of HIV/AIDS," Globalisation Seminar, Queen Mary, University of London, December 2006.

"Formulating the National Response to HIV/AIDS: Some Fiscal Policy Considerations," conference on "HIV/AIDS Interventions in Developing Countries: Using Cost Benefit and Cost Effectiveness to Help Guide Policy and Action," Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, September 2006.

"When You Are Talking a Possible $1,000 a Day Tax-Free, It’s Real Attractive," Annual Meeting of the European Economic Association, Vienna, 2006.

"HIV/AIDS and Economics" (Panelist), World Bank event to commemorate World AIDS Day, Washington DC (World Bank), December 2005.

"The Macroeconomic Impact of HIV/AIDS," Conference on Interactions of Development and HIV/AIDS, Cape Town, April 2005.

"The Economic Impact of HIV/AIDS" (Moderator), IAEN Conference, Bangkok, July 2004.

Economic Forum on "Health, Wealth, and Welfare," (Panelist), Washington DC (International Monetary Fund), April 2004.

"Modeling the Macroeconomic Impact of HIV/AIDS," Annual Meeting of the European Economic Association, Stockholm, August 2003.

"Welfare Implications of HIV/AIDS," Latin America Meeting, Econometric Society, Panama, 2003.

"Macroeconomic Impact of HIV/AIDS," Conference on The Economics of HIV/AIDS, University of Maryland, College Park MD, 2003.

"Measuring the Welfare Benefits of the IT Revolution Across Countries," CEPR Conference on Productivity, Technology and Growth, Alghero, Italy, May 2002.

"Imperfect Technological Spillovers and Endogenous Growth," Annual Meeting of the European Economic Association, Santiago de Compostela, 1999.

"Spillovers from Foreign Investment through Labor Turnover: The Supply of 'Management Skills,'" Workshop on "Multinational Enterprises, Economic Development and Policies," Salzau Castle, 1999.

"Imperfect Technological Spillovers and Endogenous Growth," Conference on Dynamics, Economic Growth, and International Trade (DEGIT), Tilburg, 1999.

Numerous presentations at the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the UK Department for International Development, and UNAIDS.