- Authors
- Bloom, David E., Lakshmi Reddy Bloom, David Steven and Mark Weston
- Title
- Business and HIV/AIDS: Who Me?: A Global Review of the Business Response to HIV/AIDS 2003-2004
- Editors
- Taylor, Kate and Peter DeYoung - Global Health Initiatives
- Imprint
- World Economic Forum, Geneva, 2004, 64 pp
- Description
Prepared for the World Economic Forum's Global Health Initiative in partnership with: Veritas and UNAIDS. This report was funded in part through a grant provided by UNAIDS. Reproduced with kind permission of the World Economic Forum.
- Abstract
"Business and HIV/AIDS: Who Me? presents findings from the first global survey of business leaders’ opinions on and responses to the threat of HIV/AIDS. The report, which was commissioned as part of the 2003/2004 Global Competitiveness Report of the World Economic Forum, is the first of these publications to address HIV/AIDS. Recognition of the virus’s importance by this prestigious and wide-ranging study reflects the growing concern of policy-makers and business leaders across the world. HIV/AIDS is increasingly recognized as a potentially serious threat to economies, businesses and communities. This report provides an analysis of the data collected by the Global Competitiveness Report’s Executive Opinion Survey. The survey gathers the opinions of over seven thousand business leaders in 103 countries, tackling such issues as their concerns over HIV/AIDS, their estimates of HIV prevalence within their firms, and their responses to the disease. It allows us to paint a picture of the type of environment that is most vulnerable to serious impacts of HIV/AIDS on businesses and communities. Geographical location, national incomes and quality of governance are all
significantly correlated with firms’ perceptions of the virus’s likely impact. Responses to the survey highlight which factors are seen by business as most important."
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- Bloom, David, Lakshmi Reddy Bloom, David Steven and Mark Weston., Business and HIV/AIDS: Commitment and Action?: A Global Review of the Business Response to HIV/AIDS 2004-2005, Kate Taylor, World Economic Forum, Geneva, January 2005, 59 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]