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Political economy analysis of universal health coverage and health financing reforms in low- and middle-income countries: the role of stakeholder engagement in the research process KU Leuven Institute of Tropical Medicine
BACKGROUND: Progress towards universal health coverage (UHC) is an inherently political process. Political economy analysis (PEA) is gaining momentum as a tool to better understand the role of the political and economic dimensions in shaping and achieving UHC in different contexts. Despite the acknowledged importance of actors and stakeholders in political economy considerations, their role in the PEA research process beyond "study subjects" as ...
From unfair prices to unfair trading practices: political economy, value chains and 21st century agri-food policy KU Leuven
This paper analyzes how value chains play a role in the political economy of agricultural and food policy by (1) discussing historical insights; (2) reviewing an emerging literature on political economy of trade policy and value chains and drawing implications for agricultural and food policy; (3) discussing market power issues with increasing concentration in agri-food value chains and its implications for government regulations; and (4) ...
Interregional Fiscal Transfers Resulting from Central Government Debt: New Insights and Consequences for Political Economy KU Leuven
We calculate that over the 1970-2002 period the combination of persistent primary surpluses of the Flemish region and persistent primary deficits of the Walloon region –and to a lesser extent of the Brussels region- increased the net fiscal transfer due to the federal debt provided by Flanders to Francophone Belgium to almost 100% of the total interest bill on the Belgian federal debt. This amount is considerably larger than the transfer amount ...
Chapter 7. Towards a Political Definition of the Sharing Economy: Reflections on the Development of a Sharing Economy Initiative Outside of Big Cities Hasselt University
Crisis and inequality : the political economy of advanced capitalism Ghent University
Spiralling inequality since the 1970s and the global financial crisis of 2008 have been the two most important challenges to democratic capitalism since the Great Depression. To understand the political economy of contemporary Europe and America we must, therefore, put inequality and crisis at the heart of the picture. In this innovative new textbook Mattias Vermeiren does just this, demonstrating that both the global financial crisis and the ...
The European Union and the political economy of enforcing international trade rules University of Antwerp
The European Commission keeps track of foreign trade barriers through its Market Access Strategy. In this study, we examine some of the key political-economic conditions under which the European Union decides whether and how to address these trade issues. Drawing on an original dataset of (allegedly) illegal foreign trade barriers faced by European Union businesses, we show that industries dominated by a few large companies are more successful ...