Rachel Thrasher

Rachel Thrasher

Rachel Thrasher is a researcher with the Global Economic Governance Initiative at the Boston University Global Development Policy Center. She holds a Juris Doctor and a master’s degree in International Relations, both from Boston University. She is the author of the book “Constraining Development: The Shrinking of Policy Space in the International Trade Regime” published by Anthem Press in 2021.

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Opinion: A global pandemic agreement must include IP flexibilities

Opinion: A global pandemic agreement must include IP flexibilities

almost 2 years ago // Pandemic preparedness

Yes, strong intellectual property protection is correlated with innovation in high-income countries, but the same cannot be said for low- and middle-income countries.

Opinion: The Global COVID-19 Summit must tackle the vaccine demand gap

Opinion: The Global COVID-19 Summit must tackle the vaccine demand gap

over 3 years ago // COVID-19

By donating more vaccine doses, and not addressing low demand, wealthy countries are undermining their own goals of building up local and regional infrastructure for pharmaceutical manufacturing by out-competing those industries.