Health Policy Research Newsletter -- June 2013 June 7, 2013
"Pay-for-performance" for surgeons can help to improve associated health care services, but only with appropriate metrics…
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Cancer Research in the United States: Dying by a Thousand Paper Cuts
In a genuine effort to protect patients from adverse events, regulatory burdens and research rigidity in clinical trials…
June 6, 2013 
Where Do Impact Investing and Microfinance Meet?
Impact investments — investments made with the intention to generate a social and environmental impact alongisde a financial…
June 3, 2013 
Latin America Initiative | Program
Americas Project A collaboration uniting the resources and expertise of Rice University's Baker Institute and the Organization of American…
June 1, 2013 
Baker Institute Update: The fall of Iran in Arab public opinion; Tony Blair speaks at the institute May 29, 2013
Arab American Institute president James Zogby discusses the fall of Iran in Arab public opinion; former U.K. Prime Minister…
The Case for Corporate Income Tax Reform
The positive effects of a corporate income tax reform in the United States might well be enhanced by a simultaneous move to…
May 29, 2013 
Baker Institute Update: Fellows and scholars take to the road this summer May 15, 2013
This summer, Baker Institute fellows and scholars will travel across the country and around the world to lecture, learn and…
Renewable Energy: Hype and Reality
Countries around the Persian Gulf are falling behind with regard to renewables, both for technical and for political reasons…
May 7, 2013 
Cancer Drugs in the United States: Justum Pretium — The Just Price
Allowing the producer-dominated market to set drug prices has spiraled the cost of cancer drugs out of control. Drug pricing…
May 6, 2013 
Baker Institute Update: Cybercrime -- A different approach to a growing problem May 1, 2013
Information technology policy fellow Chris Bronk discusses a new way to combat cybercrime.
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