February 20, 2007
How do manufacturers of medicines and other life-saving medical products for the developing world know how much to produce? Sadly, available forecasts of demand are often unreliable. Result: shortages, sickness and death; or overproduction, waste and, higher prices, which in turn also have a serious negative impact on poor people’s health. CGD director programs Ruth Levine leads a working group that is investigating the problem. One proposed solution: an information intermediary to gather data and share baseline forecasts. Learn more and comment on the draft report