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Roger Bate is a British educated economist who has held a variety of positions in
free market In economics, a free market is an economic system in which the prices of goods and services are determined by supply and demand expressed by sellers and buyers. Such markets, as modeled, operate without the intervention of government or any o ...
oriented organizations. His work focuses on solving the problem of counterfeit and substandard medicines, particularly those in the developing world. He also works on US and international aid policy, performance of aid organisations, and health policy in developing countries, particularly with regard to
malaria Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects humans and other animals. Malaria causes symptoms that typically include fever, tiredness, vomiting, and headaches. In severe cases, it can cause jaundice, seizures, coma, or death. S ...
control and the use of
DDT Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, commonly known as DDT, is a colorless, tasteless, and almost odorless crystalline chemical compound, an organochloride. Originally developed as an insecticide, it became infamous for its environmental impacts. ...
. He consulted for the tobacco industry in the mid-'90s, though the extent of this work is disputed. He is currently a fellow of the
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and the
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, and he was on the board of directors of
Africa Fighting Malaria Africa Fighting Malaria (AFM) was an NGO based in Washington D.C., United States and South Africa which stated that it "seeks to educate people about the scourge of Malaria and the political economy of malaria control". The organization generally ...
.


Early life and education

Bate was a tennis coach from 1984 to 1986 and between 1986 and 1989 worked as a research analyst for Warburg Securities and Charles Stanley Stockbrokers.Roger Bate
CV, 4pp, 2/2009, American Enterprise Institute Scholars, retrieved 11 July 2018
Bate attended
Thames Valley University The University of West London (UWL) is a public research university in the United Kingdom with campuses in Ealing, Brentford, and in Reading, Berkshire. The university has roots in 1860, when the Lady Byron School was founded, later Ealing Col ...
and 1n 1992 graduated with a BA in economics, then
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graduating with a MSc in Environmental Resource management in 1993. He studied economics at the
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and in 1994 obtained an MPhil in land economy.


Career

He later worked for the
Institute of Economic Affairs The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) is a right-wing pressure group and think tank registered as a UK charity Associated with the New Right, the IEA describes itself as an "educational research institute", and says that it seeks to "further t ...
.In 1993, Bate worked for the
Institute of Economic Affairs The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) is a right-wing pressure group and think tank registered as a UK charity Associated with the New Right, the IEA describes itself as an "educational research institute", and says that it seeks to "further t ...
, a British free market think tank, and founded the Environmental Unit. In 1994, he started the European Science and Environment Forum (ESEF). In 1996, Bate approached R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company for a grant of £50,000 to fund a book on risk, containing a chapter on
passive smoking Passive smoking is the inhalation of tobacco smoke, called secondhand smoke (SHS), or environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), by persons other than the intended "active" smoker. It occurs when tobacco smoke enters an environment, causing its inhalat ...
, (i.e. "second hand smoke") but the grant request was denied. According to internal industry documents the
Tobacco Institute The Tobacco Institute, Inc. was a United States tobacco industry trade group, founded in 1958 by the American tobacco industry. It was dissolved in 1998 as part of the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement.The Tobacco Institute's headquarters were ke ...
was nonetheless "involved in" the publication of the book. That same year he wrote the article "Is Nothing Worse Than Tobacco?" for ''
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'', and later ESEF published ''What Risk? Science, Politics and Public Health'', edited by Bate, which included a chapter on passive smoking. After the publication of this chapter, according to Bate, he undertook a brief period consulting for the Philip Morris corporation. He then approached Philip Morris seeking funding for a project on DDT and malaria.


Genetic engineering

Bate is joint author, with
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of ''Fearing Food: Risk, Health and Environment''. The IEA website describes the book in the following way: "In the latest ESEF book, ''Fearing Food'', new agricultural and food technologies, including genetic engineering, are shown to be generally beneficial both to health and to the environment." (''Fearing Food'' was published by Butterworth-Heinemann in September 1999). He was also a presenter on the BBC2 program Organic Food: The Modern Myth.


Counterfeit drugs

Bate's work focuses on the prevalence of counterfeit anti-malarials and other pharmaceuticals in Africa and strategies by which rich and poor nations can work together to stop the trade of counterfeits. His original research has been published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, the Journal of Health Economics, and PLoS Medicine. AEI Press will publish his book ''Phake: The Deadly World of Falsified and Substandard Medicines'' in May 2011. The book explores the underground trade in illegal medicines, provides a firsthand account of the illegal industry, and offers academic and policy analysis. Prior to ''Phake'', AEI Press published his book Making a Killing: The Deadly Implications of the Counterfeit Drug Trade in May 2008. In ''Making a Killing'', Bate calls for stronger policing resources, harsher penalties for counterfeiters, widespread public education and consumer vigilance to deal with the proliferation of counterfeit drugs. Bate distinguishes between approved generic drugs and what he calls "pseudo-generics." These are drugs approved as generic versions of proprietary drugs by bodies such as the
World Health Organization The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution states its main objective as "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of h ...
and the
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, but which, according to Bate, have not been adequately tested for efficacy.


Funding

Bate's work has been funded by the
Legatum Institute The Legatum Institute is a think tank based in London, UK, headed by Philippa Stroud, Baroness Stroud, a Conservative member of the House of Lords. Its stated aim is to advance the education of the public in national and international political ...
, which is affiliated with Legatum Capital. He has also received funding from
Novartis Novartis AG is a Swiss-American multinational pharmaceutical corporation based in Basel, Switzerland and Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States (global research).name="novartis.com">https://www.novartis.com/research-development/research-loc ...
.


Positions held

*
American Enterprise Institute The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, known simply as the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), is a center-right Washington, D.C.–based think tank that researches government, politics, economics, and social welfare. ...
, Resident Fellow *
Africa Fighting Malaria Africa Fighting Malaria (AFM) was an NGO based in Washington D.C., United States and South Africa which stated that it "seeks to educate people about the scourge of Malaria and the political economy of malaria control". The organization generally ...
, co-director *
Institute of Economic Affairs The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) is a right-wing pressure group and think tank registered as a UK charity Associated with the New Right, the IEA describes itself as an "educational research institute", and says that it seeks to "further t ...
, Director of Environmental Unit, 1993–2000; fellow, 2000– * European Science and Environment Forum (ESEF), founder and executive director, 1995–2001 *
International Policy Network The International Policy Network (IPN) was a think tank based in the City of London, founded 1971, and closed in September 2011. It was a non-partisan, non-profit organization, but critics said it was a "corporate-funded campaigning group". IPN ...
, director, 2001–2003, Fellow 2003 *
Sustainable Development Network Specific definitions of sustainability are difficult to agree on and have varied in the literature and over time. The concept of sustainability can be used to guide decisions at the global, national, and individual levels (e.g. sustainable livin ...
, "Member" *
Competitive Enterprise Institute The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) is a non-profit libertarian think tank founded by the political writer Fred L. Smith Jr. on March 9, 1984, in Washington, D.C., to advance principles of limited government, free enterprise, and individu ...
, Adjunct Fellow *
Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow The Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT) is a US-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1985 that advocates for free-market solutions to environmental issues. According to its mission statement, CFACT also seeks to protect pr ...
, Advisory Board * (stockbrokers), Research Analyst, 1986–1989 * Political Economy Research Center, Visiting Scholar


References


External links


AEI Profile: Roger Bate
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bate, Roger British lobbyists British economists British libertarians Alumni of University College London Alumni of the University of West London Living people American Enterprise Institute Year of birth missing (living people)