CWB members may be interested in my blogpost, Necessity is the mother of invention: open access, the developing world, and the cost-efficient solution. My point is that scientists in the developing world have far more incentive to seek cost-effective solutions than scientists in the developed world; therefore, we in the developed world can benefit cost-wise from reading their research. This idea very much relates to Bego’s point about low-cost medications which are not being made, simply because there is little or not profit involved in making them – one of the reasons for CWB.
That is a very good point Heather. A for profit organization will never have their interests aligned with their customers or patients.