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Research Paper 206, 28 August 2024

Equity and Pandemic Preparedness: Navigating the 2024 Amendments to the International Health Regulations   By Nirmalya Syam The amendments to the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) agreed upon in May 2024 are important for strengthening global health (more...)

SouthViews No. 272, 8 August 2024

Lessons for the Global South from U.S. Legislation on Patent Thickets By Nirmalya Syam The US Senate's passage of the Affordable Prescription for Patients Act (S-150) targets patent thickets, strategic barriers used by pharmaceutical companies to (more...)

Vacancy Announcement

Vacancy Announcement: Consultant / Antimicrobial Resistance   Duty Station: Geneva, Switzerland or remote The (more...)

SouthViews No. 271, 31 July 2024

UNCTAD at 60: Reflections on six decades of promoting economic development for the Global South By Yuefen Li and Danish The United Nations Trade and Development (UNCTAD) celebrated its 60th anniversary in June 2024 in Geneva, holding a high-level Global Leaders Forum (more...)

Research Paper 205, 30 July 2024

Foreign Direct Investment Screening for ‘National Security’ or Sustainable Development: a blessing in disguise? By Daniel Uribe Teran Over the past decade, the global adoption of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) screening mechanisms (ISMs) has (more...)

SouthViews No. 270, 26 July 2024

Honduras’ Tax Justice Law: Increasing tax collection to achieve the SDGs without increasing tax rates By Abdul Muheet Chowdhary, Kuldeep Sharma and Kolawole Omole In April 2023, the government of Honduras submitted a tax reform bill called the “Tax Justice Law” (more...)

Research Paper 204, 24 July 2024

Negotiating Health and Autonomy: Data Exclusivity, Healthcare Policies and Access to Pharmaceutical Innovations By Henrique Zeferino De Menezes, Julia Paranhos, Ricardo Lobato Torres, Luciana Correia Borges, Daniela De Santana Falcão and Gustavo Soares Felix Lima (more...)

G20 Visioning Seminar, 17-18 July 2024

G20 Visioning Seminar co-organized by South Africa Department of International Relations and Cooperation, UNESCO, Institute of Economic Justice, UNCTAD and the South Centre 17 – 18 July 2024 Pretoria, South Africa DIRCO Conference Centre 1 (more...)