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Creating R&D Incentives for Medicines for Neglected Diseases : An Economic Analysis of Parallel Imports, Patents, and Alternative Mechanisms to Stimulate Pharmaceutical Research
Müller-Langer, Frank - 2009
This book is the revised version of a doctoral thesis written at the Graduiertenkolleg Law and Economics at Hamburg University. It addresses the market failure with respect to R&D for medicines for tropical diseases and the lack of access to affordable medicines in poor countries. Tropical...
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AIDS and Aid : A Public Good Approach
Sonntag, Diana - 2010
worldwide. Todd Sandler (2001a) Health concerns are ?rmly embedded in the developing world. Conditions of poverty like …, affect the well-being of people globally. Of all the health crises originating from the developing world the HIV …
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Finance for Food : Towards New Agricultural and Rural Finance
Köhn, Doris - 2014
The Big Picture: Global Trends Affecting Agricultural Finance -- Institutional and Process Innovations in Serving Rural Clients -- Dealing With Risks in Agricultural Finance -- Using Modern Technology for High-Quality Services in Rural Areas
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Mobilising Capital for Emerging Markets : What Can Structured Finance Contribute?
Köhn, Doris - 2011
Securitization: Wonder Drug or Financial Alchemy? -- Mobilising Capital for the Poor - How Does Structured Finance Fit … -- Securitization of Worker Remittances -- Structured Finance Approaches to Livelihood Projects in India -- The Use of Structured … Development Goals. Preeti Sinha, World Economic Forum The current market crisis teaches us that it is important to work by exact …
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Managing Development : Measures of Success and Failure in Development
Frankel, Ernst G. - 2005
This book presents a critical view of economic development in the last 50 years and evaluates different approaches taken that led to success or failure. It covers development policies, methods, procedures, as well as development project selection and how the one-size-fits-all approach taken by...
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The Basel Capital Accords in Developing Countries : Challenges for Development Finance
Gottschalk, Ricardo (ed.) - 2010
This book is about the new capital adequacy framework - known as Basel II - approved by the Basel Committee in 2004. It aims to discuss Basel II implementation in different categories of developing countries, including emerging market economies, such as Brazil and low-income countries such as...
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Development Finance in the Global Economy : The Road Ahead
Addison, Tony (ed.); Mavrotas, George (ed.) - 2008
A positive chapter has begun in finance for poor countries. Yet progress remains tentative. This book looks at how to make international finance better serve the needs of poor countries and poor people. It contains contributions by economists and political scientists who have been at the centre...
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Microfinance
La Torre, Mario; Vento, Gianfranco A. - 2006
Microfinance is a comprehensive analysis of the operational, managerial and financial aspects of microfinance. The text provides a contemporary analysis of microfinance business covering the risks, returns and management issues associated with such activity. It analyzes the main products and...
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Absicherung von Katastrophen-Risiko über Kapitalmärkte : Eine kritische Bestandsaufnahme
Ritter, Mischa (contributor) - 2006
Grundlagen und Ursachen der Entstehung von Katastrophen-Risiko-Kontrakten -- Struktur von üblichen Finanzkontrakten zur Katastrophen-Risikoabsicherung und aktuelle Marktlage -- Determinierung des Analyserahmens und relevanter Einflussfaktoren -- Analyse der bestehenden Katastrophen-Kontrakte --...
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Identifikation und Lösung von Interessenkonflikten bei Verbriefungstransaktionen
Scholz, Julia - 2011
Die Subprime-Krise am US-amerikanischen Markt für verbriefte zweitrangige Hypothekenforderungen hat verdeutlicht, dass verschiedene Friktionen in der Wertschöpfungskette von Verbriefungen bestehen. Julia Scholz untersucht verschiedene, bislang in der Literatur wenig beachtete, aber für die...
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