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  1. Article ; Online: COVID-19, public procurement regimes and trade policy.

    Hoekman, Bernard / Shingal, Anirudh / Eknath, Varun / Ereshchenko, Viktoriya

    The World economy

    2021  Volume 45, Issue 2, Page(s) 409–429

    Abstract: ... assessments of the drivers of trade policy during the pandemic should consider public procurement systems. ... weekly data on the use of trade policy instruments during the first seven months of the COVID-19 pandemic ... January-July, 2020), we assess the relationship between the use of trade policy instruments and attributes ...

    Abstract This paper analyses a prominent dimension of the initial policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic observed in many countries: the imposition of export restrictions and actions to facilitate imports. Using weekly data on the use of trade policy instruments during the first seven months of the COVID-19 pandemic (January-July, 2020), we assess the relationship between the use of trade policy instruments and attributes of pre-crisis public procurement regulation. Controlling for country size, government effectiveness and economic factors, we find that use of export restrictions targeting medical products is strongly positively correlated with the total number of steps and average time required to complete procurement processes in the pre-crisis period. Membership of trade agreements encompassing public procurement disciplines is associated with actions to facilitate trade in medical products. These findings suggest future empirical assessments of the drivers of trade policy during the pandemic should consider public procurement systems.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-03-06
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1473825-9
    ISSN 1467-9701 ; 0378-5920
    ISSN (online) 1467-9701
    ISSN 0378-5920
    DOI 10.1111/twec.13118
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  2. Article ; Online: COVID-19, Public Procurement Regimes and Trade Policy

    Hoekman, Bernard / Shingal, Anirudh / Eknath, Varun / Ereshchenko, Viktoriya

    SSRN Electronic Journal ; ISSN 1556-5068

    2020  

    Keywords covid19
    Language English
    Publisher Elsevier BV
    Publishing country us
    Document type Article ; Online
    DOI 10.2139/ssrn.3724295
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  3. Article ; Online: Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Medical Product Procurement, Prices, and Supply Chain in Zimbabwe: Lessons for Supply Chain Resiliency.

    Yemeke, Tatenda T / Umaru, Farouk A / Ferrand, Rashida A / Ozawa, Sachiko

    Global health, science and practice

    2023  Volume 11, Issue 5

    Abstract: ... Interventions across manufacturing, trade, and regulatory policy and service delivery models are also needed ... pharmacists, regulatory officers, and procurement and supply chain management professionals from public and ... laboratory reagents. We sought to document how pandemic impacted the procurement, prices, and supply chain ...

    Abstract Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted global health supply chains including manufacturing, storage, and delivery of essential medicines, testing kits, personal protective equipment, and laboratory reagents. We sought to document how pandemic impacted the procurement, prices, and supply chain of medical products in Zimbabwe.
    Methods: We conducted semistructured in-depth key informant interviews with 36 health system stakeholders in Zimbabwe involved in medicine procurement. Respondents included pharmacists, regulatory officers, and procurement and supply chain management professionals from public and private sectors.
    Results: Before the COVID-19 pandemic, respondents described experiencing long-standing resource constraints, medicine shortages, foreign currency shortages, and supply chain inefficiencies. The pandemic exacerbated this situation due to supply constraints, export restrictions, medicine shortages, and movement restrictions that disrupted logistical and stock management systems. Competitive bidding and tendering processes experienced reduced participation by international suppliers. Significant price increases were initially observed among internationally shipped medicines and for personal protective equipment to cover additional freight costs. COVID-19 pandemic impacts were moderated by reduced patient demand and lower health services utilization, resulting in fewer supply shocks and less price volatility. Further, health system adaptations such as switching treatment regimens, modifying dispensing schedules based on stock availability, redistributing stock of medicines among facilities, and new service delivery models such as integrated outreach services helped ensure continued patient access to medicines.
    Conclusions: Our findings highlight the need for policies that ensure continuity in access to health services and medical products, even during a pandemic, by avoiding blanket restrictions on medical product exports and imports. Pooled procurement, especially at regional and global levels, with long-term service agreements may help achieve greater resiliency to supply and price shocks from supply chain disruptions. Interventions across manufacturing, trade, and regulatory policy and service delivery models are also needed for supply chain resiliency.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Zimbabwe/epidemiology ; Pandemics ; COVID-19/epidemiology ; Pharmaceutical Preparations ; Drugs, Essential
    Chemical Substances Pharmaceutical Preparations ; Drugs, Essential
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-10-30
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2710875-2
    ISSN 2169-575X ; 2169-575X
    ISSN (online) 2169-575X
    ISSN 2169-575X
    DOI 10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00424
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