Policy Wise

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Recently, after Brangelina gave up on adopting an Indian baby, Indian adoption laws have been the focus of a lot of attention. [...]

In recent weeks, we have written a lot on issues of governance and corruption. An article in India Knowledge@ Wharton raises an important question: Will reforms necessarily decrease corruption?
“The paradox,” Ramamurti said, “is that even though India’s faster growth in recent years is the result of fewer government controls, most Indian managers would tell you [...]

In a significant judgment, the Chennai High Court has rejected Novartis’s attempt to patent Gleevec in India. The court judgment is being hailed by assorted NGO’s and Indian pharmaceutical companies which make generic drugs. As Bibek Debroy points out, they are missing the whole point.
Third, let’s not confuse broader public health issues with the [...]

Voters Must Ask The Right Questions

In the first part, we had argued that the political establishment has little or no incentive to carry out reforms in the public delivery system. Why is that so?
In a democracy, elections offers the best opportunity for the common man to influence public policy. While the very nature of representative [...]

A Question of Incentives

The latest issue of Pragati: The Indian National Review looks at the some of the important challenges facing the Republic as it gets ready to celebrate its 60th birthday. The challenges are myriad: urban reforms, education, politics, public health e.t.c but the underlying theme is the same: poor governance. India’s inexorable [...]

Searching For A New Balance

Public health is concerned with the health of the community as a whole. Its key goal is to reduce a population’s exposure to disease. It has been said that: “Health care is vital to all of us some of the time, but public health is vital to all of us all [...]