Recent studies have highlighted the adverse impact of corruption on economic performance. This paper advances the … hypothesis that corruption is largely a symptom of underlying weaknesses in public policies and institutions, a formulation that … provides deeper insights into economic performance than do measures of “perceived corruption.” The hypothesis is tested by …

Global health scholarship has failed to adequately consider the “BRIC” cluster of nations - Brazil, Russia, India and … China - particularly in the aggregate. An article search with the keywords “BRIC” and “public health” yields just one … publication. But these countries have a unique role to play in the global health enterprise by addressing global health problems …