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Environmental Studies
Thomas Kalinowski
Summary: Governments and international organizations are using public funds to mobilize private finance for climate projects in the Global South. However, private sector involvement, particularly through the Green Climate Fund, has not met expectations. There are issues with private sector interest, tradeoffs with key principles, a mitigation bias, weak country ownership, and potential negative impacts on debt burden and financial instability.
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International Relations
Allison Carnegie, Richard Clark
Summary: A large literature has analyzed the determinants of change in international institutions, focusing on systemic shocks. However, this article also considers the question in normal periods, examining when global governance institutions reform and which states benefit. The authors argue that allies of international organizations' leading stakeholders benefit more, but concessions to nonallied members are also documented. By analyzing data from the World Bank and qualitative evidence, the article finds support for its hypotheses, helping to explain puzzling instances of power shifts within international organizations.
Review
Health Policy & Services
Isaac Iyinoluwa Olufadewa, Miracle Ayomikun Adesina, Ruth Ifeoluwa Oladele, Moyinoluwa Joshua Oladoye, Nnenne Florence-Ayambem Eke
Summary: The Global Fund is a non-profit organization founded in 2002 to support local experts in developing strategies to fight HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis. Despite its achievements, the Global Fund faces challenges such as inadequate funding commitment from the G8 countries and poor risk management.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
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Business, Finance
Doojin Ryu, Robert I. Webb, Jinyoung Yu
Summary: This study investigates how the composition of market participants influences market liquidity in response to central bank announcements. Using data from a stock index futures market, the study finds that the roles of foreign and domestic institutional investors in providing or consuming liquidity are reversed after the announcements. Domestic (foreign) institutions negatively (positively) impact liquidity provision shortly after the announcements, although they generally provide (consume) liquidity. The change in domestic institutions' roles is due to their advantage in processing local news, particularly when they actively participate. Domestic individual investors, however, remain noisy and unresponsive. Overall, the results suggest the presence of adverse selection costs in an order-driven context and indicate that institutional investors may trade with the wind when they have information superiority.
JOURNAL OF FUTURES MARKETS
(2023)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Helena Martin, Jennifer Falconer, Emmanuel Addo-Yobo, Satinder Aneja, Luis Martinez Arroyo, Rai Asghar, Shally Awasthi, Salem Banajeh, Abdul Bari, Sudha Basnet, Ashish Bavdekar, Nita Bhandari, Shinjini Bhatnagar, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Abdullah Brooks, Mandeep Chadha, Noel Chisaka, Monidarin Chou, Alexey W. Clara, Tim Colbourn, Clare Cutland, Valerie D'Acremont, Marcela Echavarria, Angela Gentile, Brad Gessner, Christopher J. Gregory, Tabish Hazir, Patricia L. Hibberd, Siddhivinayak Hirve, Shubhada Hooli, Imran Iqbal, Prakash Jeena, Cissy B. Kartasasmita, Carina King, Romina Libster, Rakesh Lodha, Juan M. Lozano, Marilla Lucero, Norman Lufesi, William B. MacLeod, Shabir Ahmed Madhi, Joseph L. Mathew, Irene Maulen-Radovan, Eric D. McCollum, Greta Mino, Charles Mwansambo, Mark Neuman, Ngoc Tuong Vy Nguyen, Marta C. Nunes, Pagbajabyn Nymadawa, Kerry-Ann F. O'grady, Jean-William Pape, Glaucia Paranhos-Baccala, Archana Patel, Valentina Sanchez Picot, Mala Rakoto-Andrianarivelo, Zeba Rasmussen, Vanessa Rouzier, Graciela Russomando, Raul O. Ruvinsky, Salim Sadruddin, Samir K. Saha, Mathuram Santosham, Sunit Singhi, Sajid Soofi, Tor A. Strand, Mariam Sylla, Somsak Thamthitiwat, Donald M. Thea, Claudia Turner, Philippe Vanhems, Nitya Wadhwa, Jianwei Wang, Syed M. A. Zaman, Harry Campbell, Harish Nair, Shamim Ahmad Qazi, Yasir Bin Nisar
Summary: This study collated data from large studies on childhood pneumonia, identifying a more effective set of diagnostic criteria to improve the accuracy and effectiveness of current pneumonia case management guidelines.
JOURNAL OF GLOBAL HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Infectious Diseases
Rachel Wittenauer, Spike Nowak, Nick Luter
Summary: Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for malaria play a crucial role in global malaria control. This study examines the relationship between RDT price and quality, as well as the market concentration. The results show that lower-quality RDTs have lost market share over time, but there is no significant relationship between price and quality. The market for RDTs financed by the Global Fund is highly concentrated. These findings raise concerns about the long-term sustainability of the market.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Shisong Jiang, Emmanuel Kumah
Summary: This paper explores the intricacies of the proposed WHO pandemic treaty and highlights its potential benefits and challenges for Least Developed Nations (LDNs) in the global health landscape. It also raises concerns regarding the equitable access, sovereignty protection, and compliance, and concludes with recommendations for treaty revisions that assure resource access, safeguard LDNs' autonomy, and foster capacity-building.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Matthew M. Ippolito, Kara A. Moser, Jean-Bertin Bukasa Kabuya, Clark Cunningham, Jonathan J. Juliano
Summary: This review discusses the implications of antimalarial drug resistance for the Global Technical Strategy for Malaria, as well as how progress in parasite genomics and antimalarial pharmacology offers a defense against it. It highlights the identification of drug resistance-conferring genes and the promising results from clinical trials of alternative regimens for multidrug-resistant malaria. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of wider application of genomic-based surveillance and optimization of existing and forthcoming antimalarial drugs to stay ahead of the threat drug resistance poses.
CURRENT EPIDEMIOLOGY REPORTS
(2021)
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Economics
Michael David Bordo
Summary: The global liquidity crisis caused by the Covid 19 pandemic in March 2020 was alleviated by the cooperation of the Federal Reserve and other advanced country central banks through extending swap lines they developed in the 2007-2008 Global Financial Crisis. In the evolution of central bank cooperation across different monetary regimes, it was found that rules-based cooperation was most successful. International currency swaps developed during the Bretton Woods era have become the leading tool to manage international liquidity crises, forming a step towards a global financial safety net.
OPEN ECONOMIES REVIEW
(2021)
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Area Studies
Sandeep Singh, Jagmeet Bawa, Bawa Singh, Balinder Singh, Shankar Lal Bika
Summary: This paper uses constructivist analysis to discuss the conceptual foundations of constructivism and global health partnerships in global health studies. It focuses on the case study of the GAVI Alliance to explore how it fosters global collaboration and can serve as a template for future global health partnerships.
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Political Science
Niall Duggan, Bas Hooijmaaijers, Marek Rewizorski, Ekaterina Arapova
Summary: The BRICS countries have seen significant economic growth over the past decades, but their political influence in global governance has not kept pace. There is a desire for emerging markets and developing countries to have a more significant role in global governance, but they are hindered by various domestic and international political-economic challenges.
INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW
(2022)
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Demography
Jonathan Kent
Summary: There is no comprehensive international regime governing transnational migration in all its aspects, but the global governance of mixed migration is increasingly recognized and studied. This involves a range of legal regimes affecting actors simultaneously, shared understandings about mixed migration, and various arrangements at bilateral, regional, and global levels to address the phenomenon. Interdisciplinary research on the global governance of mixed migration has emerged in the past twenty years, covering empirical and conceptual dimensions, major debates, and future research directions.
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
(2021)
Article
Substance Abuse
Dave Burrows, Haley Falkenberry, Lou McCallum, Danielle Parsons, Ed Ngoksin, Jinkou Zhao, Osamu Kunii
Summary: This paper summarizes the data and findings from PWID service packages in 15 countries globally, highlighting the variations in service package design and the need for improved coverage across countries.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DRUG POLICY
(2021)
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International Relations
Erik Jones
Summary: The weakening of American and European global leadership due to domestic political pressures is causing increasing disorder in the world order, highlighting the importance of international cooperation in addressing challenges such as climate change and globalization.
Article
Humanities, Multidisciplinary
Tajwar Ali, Haseena Sultan
Summary: The OIC, representing more than 1.8 billion people globally, cannot be ignored as a weak organization. It has played a significant role in mediating conflicts among Muslim nations, however, it has rarely been influential on the global stage.
COGENT ARTS & HUMANITIES
(2023)
