Call for Papers: Trade and Investment Rules and Access to Medicines in low- and middle-income countries

As the world is experiencing the COVID-19 crisis, there is a renewed concern about the extent to which the international trade and investment treaty regime is compatible with access to medicines and other essential health technologies in the low and middle-income countries.

To accelerate knowledge in this area, the Global Development Policy Center will hold a global virtual symposium on December 9-11, 2020, where experts will discuss how trade and investment treaties impact access to medicines and other health technologies in low and middle-income countries in a post COVID-19 world.

We are seeking rigorous academic abstracts of not more than 500 words.
Abstracts should include a statement of the background, methodology and overall study topic (political economy, law, economics, cross-disciplinary, etc.). The journal specifically encourages contributions from first authors who reside in low- and middle-income countries.

Interested authors should send the abstract to Rachel Thrasher at the GDP Center (rthrash@bu.edu) no later than Friday, July 31, 2020.
A select group of these papers may be eligible to be part of a special edition of the Journal of Globalization and Development.

For questions please contact Rachel Thrasher: rthrash@bu.edu