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POLICY PAPERS
March 10, 2023
Rigorous, explicit, evidence-informed priority-setting (EIPS) in healthcare is an essential instrument for achieving value for money. Growing pressures on healthcare budgets, combined with the post-COVID-19 fiscal crises and plateauing development assistance for health, make institutionalising EIPS ...
Blog Post
December 13, 2022
A new bipartisan bill, introduced by Representatives Joaquin Castro (D-TX) and Young Kim (R-CA), looks to advance innovation in US development policy, embracing a definition of innovation that captures both technological advancements and novel approaches to development programming.
TESTIMONY
December 13, 2022
On December 13th 2022, CGD Senior Fellow Prashant Yadav appeared before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Development, International Organizations, and Global Corporate Social Impact at a hearing titled “Modernizing International Development Assistance: Opportunities and Challe...
Blog Post
December 13, 2022
Low- and middle-income countries are increasingly interested in separating purchasers from providers of health care services, and engaging private sector providers to increase efficiency and healthcare coverage for the poor and vulnerable as part of Universal Health Coverage strategies. But a recent...
Blog Post
December 12, 2022
In the past two decades, health has been the darling of the relationship between the United States and Africa. But there’s a risk now that impact is mistaken for success, with other priorities competing for resources and attention in US-Africa policy. The US-Africa Leaders Summit provides an excelle...
Blog Post
November 17, 2022
Foreigners don’t receive much of America’s $35 billion annual foreign aid budget, at least not directly. Less than ten percent goes to local charities, companies, or governments in developing countries. The Biden administration, like past administrations, is trying to reform the system. But it needs...
POLICY PAPERS
November 10, 2022
Laboratories are fundamental components of health systems, but investments in strengthening laboratory systems are often inconsistent and inadequate in African countries. This paper qualitatively establishes the complex costs and benefits of strengthening laboratory capacity and systems within and a...
Blog Post
November 10, 2022
Laboratories are a fundamental component of health systems, critical in routine and emergency contexts for both disease surveillance and health services for communicable and non-communicable diseases. Investing in laboratories helps countries to create integrated and resilient health systems, achiev...
Blog Post
October 24, 2022
Low- and middle-income countries face severe health budget constraints while also dealing with complex and evolving disease burdens. Ministries of health need cost information to allocate resources efficiently. We've developed a step-by-step guide to a method known as “time-driven activity-based cos...
POLICY PAPERS
October 24, 2022
Cost information is essential for priority setting and optimized resource allocation in the healthcare sector, especially in low- and middle-income countries where resource constraints and opportunity costs are significant. Time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC) has gained prominence as a means ...