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Developments:
Last week saw the release of 'Business and Malaria: A Neglected Threat?' , a report co-written by David Bloom, Lakshmi Reddy Bloom and myself for the World Economic Forum. The report is the most comprehensive ever produced on the effect of malaria on business.
Based on data from the Forum's annual Executive Opinion Survey of 10,000 business leaders worldwide, the main findings are:
- 39% of respondents in Sub-Saharan Africa report that malaria is currently having serious impacts on their business
- In countries where malaria is present, 40% of firms expect the disease to affect their business within the next five years
- Firms in countries where malaria is epidemic are more worried than those where the disease is endemic. This could reflect the greater uncertainty of epidemics, which makes it harder for business to prepare for them, or the fact that epidemic malaria takes a greater toll on working-age adults than endemic malaria
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