Background: The current health care reform in China launched in 2009 tackles the problem of access to appropriate medicines for its 1.3 billion people by focusing on providing essential medicines to all. To provide evidence for the reform process, we investigated the manufacturing, purchasing,...

The last two decades of the twentieth century witnessed a series of financial reforms in emerging economics of Asia, Africa and Latin America. The seminal works of R.I. McKinnon and E.S. Shaw, which attribute the slow growth of these economies to financial repression, inspired many of these...

With the recent growing development of open education resources has opened up new avenues for education, learning and research. The open educational resources are offered universally with or without fee in the shape of courses or educational content regardless of credit hours or award of any...

Litigation financing is also known as legal financing and third-party funding is relatively recent development beginning on or around 1997. The demand for both commercial and consumer litigation funding is picking up the pace. Nevertheless, the landscape for commercial litigation is rapidly...

The last two decades of the twentieth century witnessed a series of financial reforms in emerging economics of Asia, Africa and Latin America. The seminal works of R.I. McKinnon and E.S. Shaw, which attribute the slow growth of these economies to financial repression, inspired many of these...

Conflict of interest can occur in the organization of any size, extent and magnitude. Both financial and non-financial conflicts of interests are widespread and the most common prescribed remedy is disclosure. The purpose of the conflict of interest legislation is to ensure that government...