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Making Markets for Merit Goods: The Political Economy of Antiretrovirals

Kapstein, Ethan B.; Busby, Josh - 2009

antiretroviral drugs to combat HIV/AIDS. When ARVs first came on the market in the 1990s they were exceedingly expensive; the cost of … approximately 30 million people around the world estimated to be HIV positive. How do we explain the transformation of ARVs from … transformation of ARVs into global merit goods—relied on a combination of moral arguments and ideas with favorable material …

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AIDS Treatment and Intrahousehold Resource Allocations: Children's Nutrition and Schooling in Kenya

Thirumurthy, Harsha; Zivin, Joshua Graff; Goldstein, Markus - 2007

The provision of life-saving antiretroviral (ARV) treatment has emerged as a key component of the global response to HIV/AIDS, but very little is known about the impact of this intervention on the welfare of children in the households of treated persons. We estimate the impact of ARV treatment...

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Multiple Interfaces of Big Pharma and the Change of Global Health Governance in the Face of HIV/AIDS

Wogart, Jan Peter - 2006

By using a game theoretical approach and the notion of 'forum' or 'regime shifting' this paper examines the multiple interfaces of the multinational pharmaceutical corporations (MNPCs) with their major counterparts at home and abroad, including the governments of the North and South, the...

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Multiple Interfaces of Big Pharma and the Change of Global Health Governance in the Face of HIV/AIDS

Wogart, Jan Peter - German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) - 2006

By using a game theoretical approach and the notion of “forum” or “regime shifting” this paper examines the multiple interfaces of the multinational pharmaceutical corporations (MNPCs) with their major counterparts at home and abroad, including the governments of the North and South, the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005688756