Corruption and medicine quality in Latin America: A pilot study

Aparna Mathur () and Roger Bate
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Roger Bate: American Enterprise Institute

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Abstract: Fake and substandard medicines are a significant problem in developing nations and a growing problem in developed ones, too. This study finds that corruption is strongly correlated with poor-quality drugs.

Keywords: global health; fake drugs; drug safety (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-10
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