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7861. The World Drug PERCEPTION Problem: Countering Prejudices About People Who Use Drugs

Author:
Global Commission On Drug Policy
Publication Date:
11-2017
Content Type:
Special Report
Institution:
Global Commission On Drug Policy
Abstract:
Drug policy reforms have been difficult to design, legislate or implement because current policies and responses are often based on perceptions and passionate beliefs, and what should be factual discussions leading to effective policies are frequently treated as moral debates. The present report aims to analyze the most common perceptions and fears, contrast them with available evidence on drugs and the people who use them, and provides recommendations on changes that must be enacted to support reforms toward more effective drug policies.
Topic:
Crime, Health, War on Drugs, Drugs, Public Health, and Criminology
Political Geography:
Global Focus

7862. NOT THE USUAL SUSPECTS: Engaging Male Champions of Women, Peace and Security

Author:
Jolynn Shoemaker and Sahana Dharmapuri
Publication Date:
09-2017
Content Type:
Policy Brief
Institution:
Our Secure Future
Abstract:
Men who participated in this study highlighted the transformational potential of Women, Peace and Security to redefine how the international community conceptualizes and approaches security. • Among male champions of Women, Peace and Security there is a common view that current institutions and approaches are failing to achieve peace and security and that it is time for change. There is a recognition that gender forms a foundational pillar of social justice and that it is impossible to achieve social needs and human potential without addressing gender.
Topic:
Security, Women, Peace, Men, and WPS
Political Geography:
United States and Global Focus

7863. DESIGNING OUR SECURE FUTURE: Inaugural Convening, Ottawa, Canada

Publication Date:
01-2017
Content Type:
Special Report
Institution:
Our Secure Future
Abstract:
Our Secure Future (OSF) believes that women’s full participation in society makes the crucial difference in achieving more effective governance and lasting peace. OSF aims to strengthen the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) movement by amplifying women’s voices, strengthening the global network of women peacebuilders, and promoting committed action by multiple stakeholders to turn policy into practice. Founded in 2016 with a mission to strengthen the Women, Peace and Security movement to enable effective policy-related decision-making for a more just and peaceful world, we set out to understand how best to achieve our vision of achieving a more peaceful future transformed by women’s full participation. After a series of consultations with multiple stakeholders in the WPS field during the summer and fall of 2016, we found that the issues of developing a shared vision for the Women, Peace and Security agenda and collaborating on common narratives were recurrently named as being critical to making progress in this field. The overwhelming feedback pointed to the nee
Topic:
Foreign Policy, Gender Issues, Women, and WPS
Political Geography:
United States and Global Focus

7864. Paying for Prescription Drugs Around the World: Why Is the U.S. an Outlier?

Author:
Shawn Bishop, David Squires, and Dana O. Sarnak
Publication Date:
10-2017
Content Type:
Special Report
Institution:
The Commonwealth Fund
Abstract:
arious factors contribute to high per capita drug spending in the U.S. While drug utilization appears to be similar in the U.S. and the nine other countries considered, the prices at which drugs are sold in the U.S. are substantially higher. These price differences appear to at least partly explain current and historical disparities in spending on pharmaceutical drugs. U.S. consumers face particularly high out-of-pocket costs, both because the U.S. has a large uninsured population and because cost-sharing requirements for those with coverage are more burdensome than in other countries. Most Americans support reducing pharmaceutical costs. International experience demonstrates that policies like universal health coverage, insurance benefit design that restricts out-of-pocket spending, and certain price control strategies, like centralized price negotiations, can be effective.
Topic:
Health, Health Care Policy, and Drugs
Political Geography:
United States, Europe, and Global Focus

7865. Designing a High-Performing Health Care System for Patients with Complex Needs: Ten Recommendations for Policymakers

Publication Date:
09-2017
Content Type:
Special Report
Institution:
The Commonwealth Fund
Abstract:
Health care costs are heavily concentrated among people with multiple health problems. Often, these are older adults living with frailty, advanced illness, or other complex conditions. In 2014, the New York–based Commonwealth Fund, a private, independent foundation, established the International Experts Working Group on Patients with Complex Needs through a grant to the London School of Economics and Political Science. The group’s purpose was to outline the prerequisites of a high-performing health care system for “high-need, high-cost” patients and to identify promising international innovations in health care delivery for meeting needs of these patients. Drawing on international experience, quantitative and qualitative evidence, and its members’ collective expertise in policy and program design, implementation, and evaluation, the international working group sought to articulate the principles that underpin high performance for this complex population in health systems around the world.
Topic:
Health and Health Care Policy
Political Geography:
United States and Global Focus

7866. Mirror, Mirror 2017: International Comparison Reflects Flaws and Opportunities fo

Author:
Michelle M. Doty, Arnav Shah, David Squires, Dana O. Sarnak, and Eric C. Schneider
Publication Date:
07-2017
Content Type:
Special Report
Institution:
The Commonwealth Fund
Abstract:
The U.S. ranked last on performance overall, and ranked last or near last on the Access, Administrative Efficiency, Equity, and Health Care Outcomes domains. The top-ranked countries overall were the U.K., Australia, and the Netherlands. Based on a broad range of indicators, the U.S. health system is an outlier, spending far more but falling short of the performance achieved by other high-income countries. The results suggest the U.S. health care system should look at other countries’ approaches if it wants to achieve an affordable high-performing health care system that serves all Americans.
Topic:
Health and Health Care Policy
Political Geography:
United States and Global Focus

7867. International Profiles of Health Care Systems

Author:
Elias Mossialos, Ana Djordjevic, Robin Osborn, and Dana O. Sarnak
Publication Date:
05-2017
Content Type:
Special Report
Institution:
The Commonwealth Fund
Abstract:
This publication presents overviews of the health care systems of Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, England, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, and the United States. Each overview covers health insurance, public and private financing, health system organization and governance, health care quality and coordination, disparities, efficiency and integration, use of information technology and evidence-based practice, cost containment, and recent reforms and innovations. In addition, summary tables provide data on a number of key health system characteristics and performance indicators, including overall health care spending, hospital spending and utilization, health care access, patient safety, care coordination, chronic care management, disease prevention, capacity for quality improvement, and public views.
Topic:
Health and Health Care Policy
Political Geography:
United States and Global Focus

7868. Where Does Europe Begin and End?

Author:
Vaclav Havel Library
Publication Date:
05-2017
Content Type:
Video
Institution:
Vaclav Havel Library
Abstract:
The Václav Havel European Dialogues raise and discuss Eu- rope-wide issues with a view to the political, philosophical and spiritual legacy of Václav Havel. The conference’s one- day format creates a forum where major European thinkers, analysts, politicians and other experts can come together and discuss topical issues facing Europe, not only among themselves but also with the public.
Topic:
Regional Cooperation, European Union, Geopolitics, Integration, and Identity
Political Geography:
Europe

7869. Mainstreaming Corruption Poverty and Development in Nigeria

Author:
Jolaade Omede and Arinze Ngwube
Publication Date:
12-2017
Content Type:
Journal Article
Journal:
Brazilian Journal of African Studies
Institution:
Brazilian Journal of African Studies
Abstract:
The culture of corruption has continued to plague the Nigeria society in all sectors at an alarming rate creating culture of acceptability of such a way of life. That corruption is endemic and has assumed a national way of life is a disturbing reality in Nigeria. It is this light that Achebe (1983, 38) avers that anyone who can say that corruption in Nigeria has not yet reached an alarming proportion is either a fool, crook or else does not live in Nigeria. He further posits that the situation has become so worse to the extent that keeping a Nigeria from being corrupt is like preventing a goat from eating yam. Corroborating this view, Anazodo, Okoye and Ezenwile (2012, 124) submit that corruption in Nigeria has affected all the political, economic and social facets of Nigeria and these are responsible for decayed infrastructure,downturn of the economy, fragile political institutions and steady decline in all institutions of national development.
Topic:
Corruption, Development, Poverty, and Governance
Political Geography:
Africa and Nigeria

7870. Opportunities and Challenges for Mozambique From the Indian Expansion in Africa

Author:
Hetalben Haribhai Patel
Publication Date:
12-2017
Content Type:
Journal Article
Journal:
Brazilian Journal of African Studies
Institution:
Brazilian Journal of African Studies
Abstract:
This paper is organized in four main sections. The first one describes the economic relationships between India and Mozambique in the last five years taking into account the bilateral commercial and investment relationships in private and energy sectors. Apart from trade and investments, the first section of this work also presents data on the credit lines opened by India and their allocation in different projects in Mozambique and the donations made by the Indian government. The second section of the paper analyses the opportunities that India’s approximation represents for Mozambique in different areas, since India’s economic growth and its interest in Mozambican resources and location enable cooperation to flourish and the development of strategic areas in Mozambique such as education, health and infrastructure. Even though, the opportunities can only be fully reached when the states become sufficiently prepared with strategic policies and specialized institutions on India. That way, the third section of the paper presents the main challenges that this opportunity represents for the Mozambican State. With the completion of this article, we hope to answer the following question: what are the opportunities and challenges for Mozambique from the Indian Expansion to Africa?
Topic:
Foreign Policy, Bilateral Relations, Partnerships, Economic growth, and Trade
Political Geography:
Africa, South Asia, India, and Mozambique