Improving Access to Medicines in Developing Countries : Application of New Institutional Economics to the Analysis of Manufacturing and Distribution Issues

Improving Access to Medicines in Developing Countries : Application of New Institutional Economics to the Analysis of Manufacturing and Distribution Issues

This paper examines alternative frameworks for empirical analysis of supply side activities, namely, the manufacture and distribution of medicine, through the application of New Institutional Economics (NIE) concepts. Attention is focused particula...

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Main Authors: Attridge, C. James, Preker, Alexander S.
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
BILATERAL TRADE
BOUNDED RATIONALITY
CAPITAL INVESTMENT
COMPETITIVE MARKETS
COST ANALYSIS
DECISION MAKING
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
ECONOMIES OF SCOPE
ECONOMISTS
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
EXTERNALITIES
EXTERNALITY
FREE TRADE
GENERAL PRACTICE
GNP
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HEALTH POLICY
HEALTH SERVICES
HIGH SECURITY
HIV/AIDS
HOSPITALS
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INCOME
INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS
INNOVATION
INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
LABOR COSTS
LATIN AMERICAN
MACROECONOMIC CONTEXT
MACROECONOMICS
MALARIA
MARKET COMPETITION
MARKETING
MEDICINES
MICROECONOMICS
NUTRITION
OPPORTUNISTIC BEHAVIOR
PARTNERSHIP
PATENTS/INTELLECTUAL
PATIENTS
POLICY MAKERS
POLITICIANS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROCUREMENT
PRODUCERS
PROGNOSIS
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC SECTOR
PURCHASING POWER
QUALITY STANDARDS
RENT SEEKING
RENT SEEKING BEHAVIOR
SUPPLIERS
TARIFF BARRIERS
TRANSACTION COSTS
new institutional economics
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/03/5734207/improving-access-medicines-developing-countries-application-new-institutional-economics-analysis-manufacturing-distribution-issues
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13668

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/03/5734207/improving-access-medicines-developing-countries-application-new-institutional-economics-analysis-manufacturing-distribution-issues
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13668

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