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When access to drugs meets catch-up: Insights from the use of CL threats to improve access to ARV drugs in Brazil
When a country is faced with a high disease burden and has to improve access to the corresponding drug, should it focus on industrial catch-up or improving access to medicines? And what's the role of compulsory licensing?
Read MoreDecember 14, 2018
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What are the pros and cons of having social enterprises diffuse pro-poor innovations in an innovation system? Insights from sanitation drives in India
By Shyama V. Ramani, UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, 6211 AX Maastricht, Netherlands. ramani@merit.unu.edu For Citation: SITE4Society Brief No.15-2018 Related to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and National Programmes : #SDG6 (water and sanitation) and Swacch Bharat Abhiyan (SBM o
Read MoreOctober 01, 2018
Move it! It’s good for you! On the Influence of aerobic exercise training (AET) on disease symptoms, cardiovascular fitness, sleep, and depression in children and adolescents with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
By Laura Mählmann, Phd, Psychiatric Clinics of the University of Basel, Centre for Affective, Stress and Sleep Disorders, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland and Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT), Maastricht University La
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Breeding seeds of contention: the global diffusion of intellectual property rights in agriculture
By Mercedes Campi,National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) and University of Buenos Aires, Faculty of Economics Instituto Interdisciplinario de Economía Política de Buenos Aires, IIEP-Baires mercedes.campi@fce.uba.ar – mmcampi@gmail.com www.mercedescampi.word
Read MoreAugust 07, 2018
‘Too hungry to learn? Inequalities in adolescent learning achievements by timing and persistence of household food insecurity in India’
By Elisabetta Aurino, Imperial College London Jasmine Fledderjohann, University of Lancaster and Sukumar Vellakkal, BITS Pilani Goa For Citation: SITE4Society Brief No.12-2018 Related to SDG Goals and Indian National Programmes: #SDG2 (Zer
Read MoreJuly 20, 2018
Democracy: Do African women really like it less than the men?
By Maty Konte, UNU-MERIT (konte@merit.unu.edu) For Citation: SITE4Society Brief No.11-2018 Related to SDG Goals: #SDG5 (Gender Equality & Empowerment of Women and Girls) SITE focus: Engagement and Governance Regional Focus: Africa Based on: Konte, M., and S. Klasen “Gender differe
Read MoreMay 31, 2018
What’s good for the goose ain’t good for the gander! On cock-eyed counterfactuals and the R&D performance effects of Indian firms
By: Alex Coad, CENTRUM Católica Graduate Business School, Santiago de Surco, Lima, Peru, acoad@pucp.edu.pe Nanditha Mathew, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Italy, n.mathew@santannapisa.it Emanuele Pugliese, Institute of Complex Systems, CNR, Rome and
Read MoreMay 17, 2018
Should traditional medicines based health care be promoted to plug gaps to access to allopathic heath care? Insights from a case study of a public private partnership experiment
By S. Manasi, Associate Professor, Institute for Social and Economic Change, manasi@isec.ac.in For Citation: SITE4Society Brief No.9-2018 Country focus: India Site Focus: Engagement, Governance Based on: Manasi, S., & Raju, K. V. (2015). Holistic approach to improve community hea
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BT cotton: A quick fix for the yellowing Green Revolution or the way of greening to come?
By Praachi Kumar, UNU-MERIT (praachi.kumar@gmail.com) For Citation: SITE4Society Brief No.8-2018 Country Focus: Developing countries and especially India SITE Focus: Innovation, Technology, Environment, Innovation and Technology Governance Sub-Disciplines: Agri-Biotech, Multinational
Read MoreApril 26, 2018
Policy myth: Build toilets and watch open defecation vanish! Evidence from selected villages in West Bengal, India
By Dr. Arijita Dutta, Department of Economics, University of Calcutta, dutta.arijita@gmail.com Gitanjali Hajra, PhD research scholar, Department of Economics, University of Calcutta, gitu.hajra@gmail.com For Citation: SITE4society Brief No. 7-2018 Related to: #SDG3 (Good Health and We
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