Medical Knowledge as a Global Public Goods for Health
Feb 1st
2003, Jayati Ghosh
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Global Public Goods for Health (GPGH) perspective is
useful and important in the case of medical knowledge. The
public good characteristics of knowledge mean that
investment in knowledge cannot be left to the market or
private agents alone because it would then be below
socially desired levels and the direction also need not be
socially optimal. This paper also outlines some of the
issues and questions that could form part of a future
research agenda covering medical knowledge as a GPGH.
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