The Electronic Publishing Trust for Development highlights the flaws in HINARI after withdrawal from Bangladesh and explains why donor programmes like this are not the best solution for developing world research

Some of the world's largest scholarly publishers have withdrawn Bangladesh's free access to 2500 health journals previously provided under the HINARI (Health Inter-Network for Access to Research Initiative) programme. The  Electronic Publishing Trust for Development has explained why HINARI and similar donor programmes are bad for developing world research.