research and development

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POLICY PAPER

Aid-Financed Mechanisms for Technology Development
Lee Robinson et al.
June 30, 2020
This paper outlines the broad rationale for approaches beyond patents to support the development of technologies specifically useful to developing countries and the role for aid-funded approaches within that
BRIEF

Reforming UK Research and Development ODA for Maximum Development Impact
Lee Robinson et al.
June 30, 2020
Lee Robinson, Euan Ritchie, and Charles Kenny explore how the UK can heighten its R&D official development assistance spend.
CGD NOTE

Unpacking the Black Box of Payer Policy: A Demand-Side Approach for Equitable Uptake of Cost-Effective Health Innovation

Kalipso Chalkidou et al.
February 06, 2020
Over the past two decades, global health innovation has delivered important new tools for use in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and saved many lives. Nonetheless, the current innovation ecosystem suffers from significant limitations that are likely to worsen with aid transition.
REPORT

Blueprint for a Market-Driven Value-Based Advance Commitment for Tuberculosis
Kalipso Chalkidou et al.
February 05, 2020
The market-driven, value-based advance commitment (MVAC) builds on the advance market commitment (AMC) mechanism previously used in global health with several important innovations and improvements. Most crucially, the MVAC is driven by MIC demand rather than donor contributions; is informed by coun...