Markus Haacker
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21 South St, Oxford OX2 0BE, UK
Phone: **44-753-5642332 Email: mhaacker@hsph.harvard.edu
Appointments
Fellow, UCL Centre for Global Health Economics, from 2017.
Visiting Scientist, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, from 2014.
Consultant, World Bank, 2008-2014 and from 2015.
Honorary Lecturer, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2008-2013.
Academic Visitor, University of Oxford, 2010-2011
Economist, African Department, International Monetary Fund, 2001-2008.
Economist, Research Department, International Monetary Fund, 2000-2001.
Economist, African Department, International Monetary Fund, 1999-2000.
Teaching Assistant, London School of Economics, 1996-1999.
Research Assistant, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment, and Energy, 1995-1996.
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Education
PhD in Economics, London School of Economics, 1996-2008.
MSc in Economics, University of Warwick, 1994-1995.
BSC Econ in Economics, London School of Economics, 1992-1994.
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Publications
The Economics of the Global Response to HIV/AIDS, Oxford University Press, 2016.
"Effectiveness of and Financial Returns to Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention in South Africa: An Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Analysis" (with Nicole Fraser-Hurt and Marelize Gorgens), PLoS Medicine, May 2016.
Cliff Kerr and others, "Optima: A Model for HIV Epidemic Analysis, Program Prioritization, and Resource Optimization," Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, Vol. 69, No. 3, pp. 365-376, 2015.
Anna Vassall and others, "Financing Essential HIV Services: A New Economic Agenda", PLoS Medicine, Vol. 10, No. 12:e1001567, 2014.
"The Macroeconomic Effect of HIV/AIDS," in: Culyer, Tony (ed.) Elsevier Encyclopaedia of Health Economics, 2013.
The Fiscal Dimension of HIV/AIDS in Botswana, South Africa, Swaziland, and Uganda, with Elizabeth Lule, World Bank, 2012.
"Framing HIV/AIDS as an Economic Development Challenge," Brown Journal of World Affairs, April 2011.
"HIV/AIDS, Economic Growth, Inequality," in: D. Sahn, The Socioeconomic Dimensions of HIV/AIDS in Africa: Challenges, Opportunities and Misconceptions, Cornell University Press, 2011.
"Determinants and Macroeconomic Impact of Remittances in Sub-Saharan Africa" (with Raju Jan Singh, Kyung-woo Lee, and Maëlan Le Goff), Journal of African Economies, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 312-40 (March 2011).
"Quantifying the Impact of ICTs on Growth in Developing Economies," in: A. López-Claros, The Innovation for Development Report 2009-2010, Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
"Financing HIV/AIDS Programs in Sub-Saharan Africa," Health Affairs, Vol. 28, No. 6, pp. 1606-16, 2009.
"Globalization and Health," in the Princeton Encyclopedia of the World Economy, Princeton University Press, 2009.
HIV and AIDS in South Asia: An Economic Development Risk, with Mariam Claeson (editors), World Bank, 2009.
"Development Impact of HIV and AIDS in South Asia," in M. Haacker and M. Claeson (eds.), HIV and AIDS in South Asia, World Bank, 2009.
"Financing the Response to HIV/AIDS: Some Fiscal and Macroeconomic Considerations," AIDS, Vol. 22, Suppl. 1, pp. S17-S22, July 2008.
"Access to Communication Services in Sub-Saharan Africa," in The Global Information Technology Report 2006/07, Palgrave Macmillan (for World Economic Forum), 2007.
"Fiscal and Macroeconomic Aspects of the HIV Pandemic," in Beck and others (eds.), The HIV Pandemic: Local and Global Implications, Oxford University Press, 2006.
"The ICT Sector and the Global Economy: Counting the Gains," in The Global Information Technology Report 2004/05, Palgrave Macmillan (for World Economic Forum), 2005.
The Macroeconomics of HIV/AIDS (editor), 2004 (Washington: IMF).
"HIV/AIDS: The Impact on the Social Fabric and the Economy," in Haacker (ed.), The Macroeconomics of HIV/AIDS (Washington: IMF), 2004.
"The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Government Finance and Public Services," in Haacker (ed.), The Macroeconomics of HIV/AIDS (Washington: IMF), 2004.
"Welfare Implications of HIV/AIDS" (with Nicholas Crafts), in: Haacker (ed.), The Macroeconomics of HIV/AIDS (Washington: IMF), 2004.
"Providing Health Services to HIV/AIDS Patients in Southern Africa," in: B. Granville (ed.), The Economics of Essential Medicines, London (RIIA) and Washington DC (Brookings Institution), 2003.
"The Information Technology Revolution" (co-author), Chapter III, World Economic Outlook, October 2001.
"The Decline of Inflation in Emerging Markets - Can It Be Maintained?" (co-author), Chapter IV, World Economic Outlook, May 2001.
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Shorter published pieces
"Macroeconomic Impact of HIV: the Need for Better Modelling" (with Erik Lamontagne, Bruno Ventelou, and Robert Greener), Current Opinion in HIV & AIDS, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 249–54, May 2010.
"Macroeconomic Constraints To Health Financing: A Guide For The Perplexed," World Health Report (2010) Background Paper No. 49, 2010.
"HIV/AIDS," and "Millennium Development Goals," Princeton Encyclopedia of the World Economy, Princeton University Press, 2009.
"HIV/AIDS - A Fiscal Policy Perspective," Commonwealth Finance Ministers Reference Report 2006, September 2006 (draft available as pdf file).
"IT is Transforming Low-Income Countries, Too," IMF Survey, Vol. 34, No. 16, August 2006.
"HIV/AIDS: Demographic, Economic, and Fiscal Consequences," in: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook, October 2004 (Washington DC: International Monetary Fund), 2004.
"The Economic Implications of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic," Centrepiece, London School of Economics, Vol. 6 No. 1, Spring 2001.
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Working Papers
Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Voluntary Medical Male circumcision for HIV Prevention in South Africa – An Incremental Analysis (with Nicole Fraser-Hurt and Marelize Gorgens), March 2014.
"Financing HIV Programmes: The Role of External Support" (with Robert Greener), February 2012.
"Contribution of Increased Life Expectancy to Living Standards," draft paper, July 2011.
"ICT Equipment Investment and Growth in Low- and Lower-Middle-Income Countries," IMF Working Paper 10/66, 2010.
"Determinants and Macroeconomic Impact of Remittances in Sub-Saharan Africa" (with Raju Jan Singh and Kyung-woo Lee), IMF Working Paper 09/216, 2009.
"HIV/AIDS: The Impact on Poverty and Inequality" (with Gonzalo Salinas), IMF Working Paper 06/126, 2006.
"Welfare Implications of HIV/AIDS" (with Nicholas Crafts), IMF Working Paper 03/118, 2003.
"Modeling the Macroeconomic Impact of HIV/AIDS," IMF Working Paper 02/195, 2002.
"It's Not What You Make, It's How You Use IT: Measuring the Welfare Benefits of the IT Revolution Across Countries" (with Tamim Bayoumi), IMF Working Paper 02/117, 2002; also issued as CEP Discussion Paper (London School of Economics) and CEPR Discussion Paper.
"You Say You Want A Revolution: Information Technology and Growth" (with James Morsink), IMF Working Paper 02/70, 2002.
"The Economic Impact of HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa," IMF Working Paper 02/38, 2002.
"Providing Health Services to HIV/AIDS Patients in Southern Africa," IMF Policy Discussion Paper 01/03, 2001.
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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.
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Referee Activities
American Economic Review, Bulletin of Economic Research, Conflict Management and Peace Science, Economic Journal, Economica, Health Affairs, Health Economics, Journal for Development Economics, Journal of Health Economics, Journal of International Development, Journal for International Economics, Journal for Population Economics, U.S. National Science Foundation.