The process of innovation is inherently complex, and it occurs within an even more complex
institutional environment characterized by incomplete information, market power, and …

This paper presents a political economy analysis of global inequities in access to COVID-19
vaccines, treatments, and diagnostic tests. We adapt a conceptual model used for analysing …

The interaction of international investment agreements and public health is marked by
ambivalence. Investment treaties can help attract investment into the health sector but also …

Concerns regarding the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) have raised awareness about the
negative public health impacts of trade and investment agreements. In the past decade, we …

Lobbying, broadly defined, is the process by which entities seek to influence policymaking.
For better or worse, lobbying in some form or another is a part of political processes at all …

In this paper, we combine the Varieties of Capitalism and the global value chain
approaches, considering the interaction between lead firms' global strategies and national …

Intellectual property (IP) privileges are one of the most contentious areas of international
economic regulation. This chapter uses the example of pharmaceuticals to consider the …

Aim To reveal inequity in health in India. Subject and methods The global paradigm of the
knowledge economy propounds that growth and equity will occur if there is a free-market …

Trade and investment agreements (TIAs) are an increasingly important part of the neoliberal
economic and political architecture, which shapes the distribution of power, money and …

This chapter explores the implications of trade agreements for the provision of health
services and access to medicines and other health technologies. It first examines the …