Health ministries around the world face a new challenge: to assess the risks and respond to the opportunities of the increasing openness in health services under the World Trade Organization's (WTO) General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). This publication addresses this challenge head-on...

We study the relation between institutionalization of capital and the reliance on public markets. Evidence indicates that for developed and developing countries capital under institutional management (mutual funds, pension funds, and insurance companies) is negatively related to the number of...

Securing access to effective antimicrobials is one of the greatest challenges today. Until now, efforts to address this issue have been isolated and uncoordinated, with little focus on sustainable and international solutions. Global collective action is necessary to improve access to life-saving...