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The international provision of pharmaceuticals: a comparison of two alternative theoretical strategies for global ethics
Pies, Ingo; Hielscher, Stefan - 2007
Millions of people in the developing world lack access to curative drugs. Thomas Pogge identifies the cause for this problem in a lack of redistribution across borders. By contrast, this article shows that institutional shortcomings within developing countries are the main issue. The different...
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The international provision of pharmaceuticals: a comparison of two alternative theoretical strategies for global ethics
Pies, Ingo; Hielscher, Stefan - 2007
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A Spatial-Temporal Analysis of Health Care and Mortality Inequalities in China
Li, Yingru; Wei, Yehua Dennis - 2011
Two geographers specializing in China analyze that country’s health care inequality from 1990 to 2008, for the purpose …, globalization, and urbanization in China have interactively contributed to health care inequality and mortality … of: (1) examining spatial-temporal variations of health care inequality at multiple scales (the regional, provincial, and …
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Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Global Economy
Abba Ahmed, Bello - 2020
that COVID-19 has spread to well over 200 countries and the economic cost may last longer than the health effect. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014091301
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Patent Law in Crisis? Functions and Limits of the Patent System in a Globalised World
Van Overwalle, Geertrui - 2014
Setting up a new business may be really tough. Let's assume you want to produce and market DVD-players. You can not ignore the fact that the DVD technology is protected with patents. More than 850 patents owned by some 10 patent holders around the world, such as Philips, Sony, Toshiba, Hitachi,...
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Good for living? On the relation between globalization and life expectancy
Bergh, Andreas; Nilsson, Therese - 2009
This paper analyzes the relation between three dimensions of globalization (economic, social and political) and life expectancy using a panel of 92 countries over the period 1970-2005. Using different estimation techniques and sample groupings we find a very robust positive effect from economic...
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Good for Living? On the Relation between Globalization and Life Expectancy
Bergh, Andreas; Nilsson, Therese - Ratioinstitutet - 2009
This paper analyzes the relation between three dimensions of globalization (economic, social and political) and life expectancy using a panel of 92 countries over the period 1970-2005. Using different estimation techniques and sample groupings we find a very robust positive effect from economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005245148
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Good for living? On the relation between globalization and life expectancy
Bergh, Andreas; Nilsson, Therese - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Ekonomihögskolan - 2009
This paper analyzes the relation between three dimensions of globalization (economic, social and political) and life expectancy using a panel of 92 countries over the period 1970-2005. Using different estimation techniques and sample groupings we find a very robust positive effect from economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005245160
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Good for Living? On the Relationship between Globalization and Life Expectancy
Bergh, Andreas; Nilsson, Therese - 2013
This paper analyzes the relationship between three dimensions (economic, social, and political) of globalization and life expectancy using a panel of 92 countries covering the 1970-2005 period. Using different estimation techniques and sample groupings, we find that economic globalization has a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014151072
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Globalization and health : impact pathways and recent evidence
Cornia, Giovanni Andrea (contributor);  … - 2008
The last two decades of the twentieth century recorded a slowdown in health gains and widespread increases in health …. To do so, it regresses IMR/LEB on 15 determinants of health. The results underscore the negative health effects of the … trends observed between 1980-2000, such as rising inequality, greater income volatility, declining health expenditure …
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