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Blog Post
September 06, 2024
We’ve just come back from a week-long trip to Portugal, and if these links come off as slightly exhausted, it’s because they are. We had an amazing time, highlighted by pristine beaches, industrial quantities of clams being eaten by my son, and about 7 viewings of Madagascar, but it was bookended by...
POLICY PAPERS
September 06, 2024
Launched in December 2023, the Lusaka Agenda laid out a set of shifts and actions to strengthen financing for universal health coverage (UHC). A process for establishing mutual accountability for delivery is ongoing, including within the African Union, but metrics for assessing progress have not yet...
Blog Post
September 06, 2024
Financial support for health in low- and middle-income countries has come under renewed criticism in recent years by policymakers and experts, critiquing that it often fragments health systems, undermines national priority-setting, and lacks a clear exit strategy. The most recent effort to address t...
CGD NOTES
September 05, 2024
Access to effective antimicrobials is crucial to any healthcare system, but in many countries, necessary antimicrobials are not available to patients because they have not been registered and/ or introduced. This introduction barrier is particularly prevalent in low- and middle-income countries (LMI...
BRIEFS
September 05, 2024
Financing needs in low- and middle-income countries are at all time high as a result of COVID-19 shocks, soaring debts and elevated interest rates. At the same time, there is increasing pressure on ODA budgets due to weak economic growth in Europe and conflicting priorities. The EU’s concessional fi...
WORKING PAPERS
September 05, 2024
Exams influence how teachers teach, but most of our understanding comes from cross-sectional studies in OECD countries, particularly the USA. These dynamics might not apply elsewhere. We surveyed 321 Kenyan teachers during their transition from high- to low-stakes assessments in primary schools—the ...
POLICY PAPERS
September 04, 2024
The World Bank’s concessional lending arm, the International Development Association (IDA), provides significant assistance to small states for fostering long-term development and responding to climate change. Around half of all small states have access to IDA. While only 3 percent of IDA’s resource...
