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Abstract
Financialization is promoted by alliances of multilateral ‘development’ organisations, national governments, and owners and institutions of private capital. In the healthcare sector, the leveraging of private sources of finance is widely argued as necessary to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal 3 target of universal health coverage. Employing social science perspectives on financialization, we contend that this is a new phase of capital formation. We trace the antecedents, institutions, instruments and ideas that facilitated the penetration of private capital in this sector, and the emergence of new asset classes that distinguish it. We argue that this deepening of financialization represents a fundamental shift in the organizing principles for healthcare systems, with negative implications for health and equality.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1263-1287 |
Number of pages | 25 |
Journal | DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE |
Volume | 50 |
Issue number | 5 |
Early online date | 6 Jun 2019 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 5 Sept 2019 |
Keywords
- Development financing
- health
- UHC
- private capital
- investment
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Public-private partnerships in sexual and reproductive healthcare provision: establishing a gender analysis
Gideon, J., Hunter, B. M. & Murray, S. F., 2017, In: Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy . 33, 2, p. 166-180Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Emplacing India's “medicities”
Murray, S. F., Bisht, R. & Pitchforth, E., Nov 2016, In: HEALTH AND PLACE. 42, p. 69-78 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile5 Citations (Scopus)411 Downloads (Pure) -
"Beyond aid" investments in private healthcare in developing countries
Hunter, B. M. & Murray, S. F., 8 Jul 2015, In: BMJ (Clinical research ed.). 351, h3012.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
6 Citations (Scopus)