Rule of Law and State Capacity: Keys to Market Access in Developing and Resource-Constrained Markets

Despite the availability of essential medicines in developing countries, one-third of the world’s population does not have access to essential medicines due to barriers including money, power, politics, and ideologies. Market failures and lack of political will to create stable, ethical and law-abiding government administrations that can support infrastructure and resources should carry a significant amount of blame for the lack of access.

This document explains the human-made healthcare crisis that can be solved by overcoming underlying legal and regulatory problems.