Does the Private Sector Care About AIDS? Evidence from Investment Climate Surveys in East Africa

Vijaya Ramachandran (), Manju Kedia Shah and Ginger Turner

No 76, Working Papers from Center for Global Development

Abstract: This paper analyzes the determinants of firms’ decision to provide HIV/AIDS prevention activities. Using data from 860 firms and 4,955 workers in Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya, it shows that larger firms, and firms with higher skilled workers tend to invest more in AIDS prevention. Firms where more than 50 percent of workers are unionized are also more likely to do more prevention activity. Finally, these characteristics are also significant in determining whether or not a firm carries out pre-employment health checks of its workers. The results shed light on the likelihood of private sector intervention and the gaps that will require public sector assistance.

Keywords: HIV/AIDS; Uganda; Tanzania; Kenya; private sector; public sector; investment climate (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H3 O1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34 pages
Date: 2006-01
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