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Blog Post
December 14, 2023
The low quality of health care services has become a primary concern globally and for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) that have made bold commitments to progress toward universal health coverage. Despite improvements, an estimated five million deaths could be averted globally through better...
Blog Post
September 22, 2023
We’ve updated our 2022 working paper with Laura Moscoviz on long run trends in education quality with several new surveys from around the world. Notably, a new survey round for India (NFHS-5) casts doubt on earlier data (NFHS-3). Dropping the suspect data, India’s current learning levels are unchang...
Blog Post
September 08, 2023
As the G20 India Summit approaches, India is taking a central seat on the global stage. While much attention will focus on India’s positive economic accomplishments, some of the spotlight will inevitably be on the country’s slow advances on women’s economic empowerment. On paper, India’s family-frie...
Blog Post
August 03, 2023
As India emerges as a key player in global health, it is important to ask which areas offer the greatest opportunity to advance international cooperation. This essay describes India’s historical influences and highlights current and future directions for India’s role in global health, particularly a...
Blog Post
March 29, 2023
Javier speaks with Natasha Loder from The Economist and John Burn-Murdoch from The Financial Times about keeping pace with the demand for information during the Covid-19 pandemic, confronting the flood of misinformation and disinformation, and lessons learned on reporting during health emergencies.
Blog Post
March 15, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the deepest global recession since World War II. Countries across the world implemented substantial mitigation measures in response to the economic shock of the pandemic, with the size of the economic stimulus measures averaging about 5.6 percent of GDP. Social pro...
Blog Post
March 10, 2023
In this blog, we briefly describe India’s cost repository and how it caters to the needs of policymakers and researchers. We share examples of health system applications of the cost database and their policy implications, demonstrating the value brought about by this initiative. Finally, we conclude...
Blog Post
March 10, 2023
Improvements in priority setting can help India ensure that limited budgets have the maximum health impact. India has taken major strides towards improving EIPS, with HTAIn a successful component that has already demonstrated a good ROI. But the system has not yet reached its full potential.