"Although rooted in noble aims, the United Nations has a long history of failing to solve the world's most critical problems such as war, terrorism, genocide, poverty and pandemics. Despite this poor track record, the U.N. has managed to increase its budgets and expand its mandate and activities into new areas in which it has little expertise. Billions of hard-earned American tax dollars are invested in the U.N each year, but U.S. effort ..."
Phake(1st Edition) The Deadly World of Falsified and Substandard Medicines by RogerBate Hardcover, 400 Pages, Published 2012 by Aei Press Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-8447-7232-5, ISBN: 0-8447-7232-1
"Roger Bate has spend years on the trail of counterfeit medicines in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, learning the anatomy of a nebulous, far-reaching black market that has resulted in countless deaths and injuries around the world. Phake: The Deadly World of Falsified and Substandard Medicines is the culmination of Bate's research and travels—both a fascinating first hand account of the counterfeit drug trade and an incisive policy an ..."
"Malaria kills millions of people each year and hundreds of millions more suffer chronic illness. Economic development is inhibited and poverty is perpetuated. The authors argue that action against malaria is over-centralised and narrowly focused, ignoring local conditions and concerns. Health agencies in developing countries and some companies are trying to stem a resurgent tide of malaria. Their work is, however, hampered by pressure ..."
Saving Our Streams The Role of the Anglers' Conservation Association in Protecting English & Welsh Rivers (Research Monograph, 53) by RogerBate, Keith Hartley Hardcover, 1 Pages, Published 2001 by Institute Of Economic Affairs ISBN-13: 978-0-255-36494-2, ISBN: 0-255-36494-6
"In Saving Our Streams, Roger Bate explains the history of an unusual and remarkably effective 'environmental' organisation - the Anglers' Conservation Association (ACA). Founded in 1948, the ACA is a voluntary association of angling clubs and individual anglers which brings civil suits against polluters who harm fishing. Dr. Bate's original and instructive history explores how the ACA, using the common law, has operated to indemnify i ..."
All the Water in the World (Cis Policy Monographs,) by RogerBate Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2006 by Centre For Independent Studies ISBN-13: 978-1-86432-115-9, ISBN: 1-86432-115-6
"Water shortages are primarily due to mismanagement of water resources. And mismanagement, especially in agriculture, is largely the fault of centralised control by government officials. Water is often underpriced, leading to wastage and poor conservation. Even on the rare occasions when government planners have priced water to near-efficient levels, they have been incapable of tracking changing demand, leaving hundreds of millions of pe ..."
Phake The Deadly World of Falsified and Substandard Medicines by RogerBate 400 Pages, Published 2012 by Aei Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8447-7234-9, ISBN: 0-8447-7234-8
"“FDA Opened 72 New Counterfeit Cases in 2010—A New Record,”
Pharmaceutical Commerce, March 22, 201 1, http ://www.
pharmaceuticalcommerce.com/ frontEnd/16 1 8-FDA_OCI_Bern
stein_counterfeit_Pew.html. Chapter 3: Overview of Research Findings and
Possible Solutions 1. Misha Glenny. McMafia: A Journey Through the Global
Criminal Underworld. London: Alfred A Knopf, 2008. 2. 'Transnational Traflicking
and the Rule of Law in West Africa: ..."
What Risk? Paperback Edition by RogerBate 352 Pages, Published 2012 by Butterworth-Heinemann ISBN-13: 978-0-08-052100-8, ISBN: 0-08-052100-2
"Paperback edition Roger Bate. Public. policy. and. public. health: an.
examination. of. blame. avoidance. strategies. Classification. of. unexpected.
events. This paper has addressed the issue of appropriate policy response to
unforeseeable potential medical disasters. ... Unintended. consequences. of.
blame. avoidance. If there is no history of party political involvement or threat to
jobs ... In November 1976 the first of several ..."
Political Economy of Climate Change Science A Discernable Human Influence on Climate Documents (Environment Briefing) by RogerBate Paperback, 25 Pages, Published by Institute Of Economic Affairs ISBN-13: 978-0-255-36387-7, ISBN: 0-255-36387-7
Life's Adventure Virtual Risk in a Real World by RogerBate 152 Pages, Published 2013 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-136-38765-4, ISBN: 1-136-38765-X
"The reason I started writing articles on public policy is largely because of four
people, Martin Summers, Fred Smith, Kent Jeffreys and John Blundell, the debt I
owe them is enormous. Julian Morris, Matt Ridley, Michael 't Sas Rolfes, Terry ..."
Life's Adventure Virtual Risk in a Real World by RogerBate 152 Pages, Published 2013 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-136-38764-7, ISBN: 1-136-38764-1
"Privatizing the seas would undoubtedly save the fish in them, but does not
appear to be a solution favourable to the world's politicians. Having lost the
scientific arguments that ambient levels of synthetic chemicals cause cancer, the
Greens' ..."
Fearing Food Risk, Health and Environment by Julian Morris, RogerBate 302 Pages, Published 2012 by Butterworth-Heinemann ISBN-13: 978-0-08-098490-2, ISBN: 0-08-098490-8
"Risk, Health and Environment Julian Morris, Roger Bate ... Dennis Avery Dennis
T. Avery is a senior fellow of Hudson Institute and Director of Hudson's Center for
Global Food Issues. ... He is a frequent contributor to the Hudson Institute's
American Journal and a recent article in that journal stimulated nationwide
debate ..."
"It is the world's most successful public health insecticide, saving millions upon millions of lives from insect-borne diseases. Yet despite decades of use and thousands of studies on its effects, DDT remains the world's most misunderstood chemical. Orchestrated, well-financed, earnest, but erroneous campaigns forced most countries to ban DDT without scientific justification. These campaigns created many myths and fears about DDT. This ..."
Making a Killing The Deadly Implications of the Counterfeit Drug Trade by RogerBate Published 2008 ISBN-13: 978-0-8447-4305-9, ISBN: 0-8447-4305-4
"This monograph will explore how markets can lead to greater water supply, more effective distribution and less waste, and therefore lead to the development of more resources without serious environmental damage."
The Cost of Free Water(1st Edition) The Global Problem of Water Misallocation and the Case of South Africa by Richard Bate Tren, RogerBate, Chris Mellish Paperback, 290 Pages, Published 2002 by Free Market Foundation ISBN-13: 978-1-874930-49-5, ISBN: 1-874930-49-X
"In the last twenty-five years, many countries have embarked on programmes of economic liberalisation. But, David Henderson argues, it is a mistake to believe that economic liberalism has triumphed: anti-liberal forces are strong and in some respects have gained ground. Henderson analyses these forces, new and old. In addition to the continuing hold of 'pre-economic ideas', new elements include anti-market NGOs, a wider circle of perceiv ..."
"With the advent of the modern environmental movement in the 1960s, DDT fell out of favor and was banned in the United States. The campaign to eliminate its use has crippled the malaria control programs of international organizations. This book documents and examines this colossal public health disaster."