There is a continuing need for new health technologies to address the disease burdens of developing countries. In the last decade Product Development Partnerships (PDP) have emerged that are making important contributions to the development of these technologies. PDPs are a form of public private partnerships that focus on health technology development. PDPs reflect the current phase in the his...

Independence (in fact as well as in appearance) is widely thought to be necessary for the quality of audits, and audit quality is often equated with independence. Private incentives to demand (and supply) independent certification of financial statements are thought to be insufficient, thus the need to mandate independence through regulation. This study presents data from a field experiment on ...

I consider the labor-market effects of mandates which raise the costs of employing a demographically identifiable group. The efficiency of these policies will be largely dependent on the extent to which their costs are shifted to group-specific wages. I study several state and federal mandates which stipulated that childbirth be covered comprehensively in health insurance plans, raising the rel...

Abstract The fast-growing pace of the world's population and increasing pressure exerted on global life supporting natural systems due to amplified resource use consumption coupled with impacts climate change necessitates development innovative technologies comprehensive policy frameworks address looming crisis in water, energy food nexus. As 30th driest country globally, South Africa has embar...

The Uganda Road Accident Reduction Network Organisation (URRENO) is a non-profit, non-government organisation (NGO) mandated in 1997. From modest pilot project funded by the World Bank 2003, it has become leader development, implementation and advocacy for road safety education primary schools across Uganda. Through URRENO efforts, program was adopted as national curriculum shown to improve stu...

We use experimental methods to investigate whether pledges of commitment can improve cooperation in endogenously-formed partnerships facing a social dilemma. Treatments vary in terms of the individual’s: (1) opportunity to commit to their partner; (2) the cost of dissolving committed partnerships; and (3) the distribution of these dissolution costs between partners. Our findings show that pledg...

This paper explores some critical aspects of leadership in the context of multisectoral partnerships. It focuses on leadership in practice and asks the question “How do managers experience and perceive leadership in such partnerships?” The study contributes to the debate on whether leadership in a multi-sectoral partnership context differs from that within a single organisation. It is based on ...