Publication

This paper explores the effect of economic liberalization policies on population health - specifically HIV/AIDS - in Kerala. The authors examine whether structural adjustment in India implemented since 1991 has increased job insecurity and resulted in a loss of livelihood in the state of Kerala. They also explore whether this structural adjustment put groups at higher risk of HIV and whether policy decisions reduced access to care, especially through the public health system. The authors discuss the institutional pressures that led to these changes and how they have been received by the population in Kerala.