Law
The WHO blueprint for increasing global poverty
IPN Opinion article
The WHO's report on the "social determinants of health" claims that inequality is responsible for huge numbers of deaths worldwide. But by rejecting economic growth, its recommendations would do far more harm than good.
Counterfeit drugs
IPN Opinion article
It's not just the criminals who are threatening health with counterfeit or substandard drugs, but also the questionable procurement practices of international aid agencies.
Medicines for the poor: not the Oxfam way
IPN Opinion article
The registration of new medicines fell sharply in the last year in the USA, while Oxfam calls for a compulsory pricing structure and backs the compulsory licenses sought by Thailand and threatened by Brazil and Indonesia. There are indeed other problems facing pharmaceutical companies but the campaign against patents is a major one: when Big Pharma gives up investing in innovation, where will new medicines come from? The price of punishing Big Pharma is to punish the poor harder.
Economic Progress, Stability are key to Pakistan's future
IPN Opinion article
Pakistan's political debate is focussed on the personalities but all our leaders have already let us down before. The only way to save Pakistan is to allow sound economic policies to create growth: the Economic Freedom of the World index shows how.
Private Solutions to the Eradication of Poverty: the Role of Title Insurance
Kirthimala Gunasekera will discuss both the theory of title insurance and her experiences developing and implementing such a system in her native Sri Lanka.
