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Advance Market Commitments: A Policy to Stimulate Investment in Vaccines for Neglected Diseases

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Owen Barder (Center for Global Development)
Michael Kremer (Harvard University)
Heidi Williams (Harvard University)
Abstract

Why are millions dying of neglected diseases without vaccines, and is there a way to cheaply change that? Owen Barder, Michael Kremer and Heidi Williams advocate a proposal--Advance Market Commitments--that the G8 finance ministers plan to pilot in 2006.

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Article provided by Berkeley Electronic Press in its journal The Economists' Voice.

Volume (Year): 3 (2006)
Issue (Month): 3 ()
Pages: 1
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Keywords: advance purchase commitment R&D pharmaceuticals vaccines

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