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Spotlight: Public Health


Reuters/David Gray - A nurse comforts a patient after she administered medicine to her at the Beijing You An Hospital.

Save to My Portfolio Politics, and Public Health Policy Reform

Kent Buse and Amanda Glassman, September 2008

In an article for the first edition of the International Encyclopedia of Public Health, Brookings Scholar Amanda Glassman and Kent Buse, Research Fellow from the Overseas Development Institute, review the major theoretical treatments of politics in the health sector in developing countries and provide examples of common issues that have emerged in the study of the politics of public health policy reform. Read More

Global Health, Developing Countries, Public Health, Politics, Global Poverty

Malaria Prevention

Save to My Portfolio Free Distribution Or Cost-Sharing? Evidence From A Randomized Malaria Prevention Experiment

Jessica Cohen and Pascaline Dupas, December 2007

In a new Global working paper, Jessica Cohen studies malaria prevention efforts in detail, analyzing whether free distribution or cost-sharing of anti-malarial insecticide-treated nets in Kenya affects prevention of the disease. Read More

Health Care, Africa, Global Health, Global Economics, Economic Development

Spotlight: World AIDS Day


Reuters/Ajay Verma - School children take part in a campaign for AIDS awareness in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh.

Save to My Portfolio Better Aid for AIDS Treatment: The Promise of Endowment Funds

Amanda Glassman and Christopher Lane, November 29, 2007

The continuity and sustainability of global health financing continues to be a major challenge in the fight to stem HIV/AIDS, particularly in developing countries. Brookings Global Health expert Amanda Glassman examines country-based endowment funds as one innovative financing mechanism that could help alleviate this ongoing problem. Read More

Health Care, Africa, Global Health, Global Finance, Global Poverty

Spotlight: World AIDS Day


Reuters/Jacky Naegelen - A medical personnel working with Medecin de Monde conducts HIV tests at Ouidah's hospital near Cotonou.

Save to My Portfolio Low-Cost Health Insurance in Africa Provides the Poor with Antiretroviral Drugs

Jacques van der Gaag and Emily Gustafsson-Wright, November 29, 2007

Reflecting on World AIDS Day, Brookings Global Health Financing scholars discuss the importance of providing low-cost health insurance to low-income households to help guarantee HIV/AIDS treatment. Read More

Africa, Health Care, Global Health, Developing Countries, Global Poverty

Financing Global Health Care


The World Bank/Curt Carnemark - Mother and child in Mali

Financing and Improving Global Health Care

As the volume of health aid to developing countries increases and allocations shift toward specific diseases, issues of aid allocation become more important to the achievement of better health outcomes. Brookings Global expert Amanda Glassman examines the effectiveness and impact of health aid in a recent Health Affairs article.

Research and Commentary

Save to My Portfolio Innovative Financing for Global Health: Tools for Analyzing the Options

David de Ferranti, Charles C. Griffin, Maria-Luisa Escobar, Amanda Glassman, Gina Lagomarsino, August 2008

With numerous new tools for financial global health aid, how should governments and donors examine and prioritize the options? Brookings global health experts examine the options and proposal a framework to help guide aid decisions. Read More

Research and Commentary

Save to My Portfolio Smooth and Predictable Aid for Health: A Role for Innovative Financing?

Amanda Glassman, Chris Lane, August 2008

The amount and frequency of aid for global health projects can be volatile and uncertain, further complicating efforts to maintain programs and services. In a new working paper, Amanda Glassman and Chris Lane examine how innovating health financing might help make global health aid more predictable. Read More

Research and Commentary

Save to My Portfolio Health Systems Strengthening Via Performance-Based Aid

Rena Eichler, Amanda Glassman, September 2008

In the global health arena, performance-based aid projects have increased in recent years. Global health experts examine recent experiences with these projects and analyze lessons for policymakers. Read More

Global Health Initiative

Save to My Portfolio Global Health Snapshot Series

The Snapshot Series offers concise information about the economics, opportunities and challenges associated with new global health financing programs and efforts. Read More

Recent Research and Commentary

Health Care From Few to Many

Global Health Health Systems Strengthening Via Performance-Based Aid

Rena Eichler, Amanda Glassman, September 2008

Global Health Accounting for Health Spending in Developing Countries

Amanda Glassman, Patricia Hernández, Dorota A. Raciborska, September/October 2008

Global Health Politics, and Public Health Policy Reform

Kent Buse, Amanda Glassman, September 2008

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TopicMigration

Migration is an issue that bridges Brookings’s expertise in domestic and foreign policy. In the United States, reforming immigration policy remains a subject of intense political debate. Globally, the unprecedented movement of people across borders raises issues in both industrialized countries and the developing world.

ProgramMetropolitan Policy Program

Redefining the challenges facing metropolitan America and promoting innovative solutions to help communities grow in more inclusive, competitive and sustainable ways.

ExpertMartin Neil Baily

Martin Baily, a former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, focuses on issues of globalization, productivity and competitiveness, Social Security reform and U.S. economic policy.

ExpertSarah A. Binder

Sarah Binder is an expert on Congress and legislative politics.  She is completing a project on the politics of advice and consent, and is at work on the politics of how Congress responds to financial crises.

Policy CenterCenter on Children and Families

The Center on Children and Families studies policies on the well-being of America's children and their parents and seeks a more effective means of addressing poverty, inequality and lack of opportunity in the United States.

Policy CenterJohn L. Thornton China Center

The John L. Thornton China Center develops analysis and policy recommendations to help address key long-term challenges, both in terms of U.S.-China relations and China's internal development.

Policy CenterCenter on the United States and Europe

The Center on the U.S. and Europe is dedicated to the study of Europe and U.S.-Europe relations. It involves American and European experts in an active program of research, analysis, and debate.

ExpertVanda Felbab-Brown

Vanda Felbab-Brown focuses on the national security implications of illicit economies and strategies for managing them. She is a security studies professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.

ProgramGovernance Studies

Governance Studies explores political institutions of the United States and other democracies to assess how they govern, how their practices compare and how citizens and public servants can advance sound governance.

TopicEducation

The economic and political well-being of any democracy requires a well-educated citizenry. Brookings’s work has extended beyond the K-12 bookends to include pre-school interventions and issues in higher education. Experts are tackling fundamental issues on the role of education in the national and global economy.

Research Project21st Century Defense Initiative

The 21st Century Defense Initiative produces cutting-edge research, analysis, and outreach that address some of the most critical issues facing leaders shaping defense policy in the coming century. The initiative focuses on three core issues: the future of war, the future of U.S. defense needs and priorities, and the future of the U.S. defense system

Research ProjectAfrica Growth Initiative

The Africa Growth Initiative conducts high-quality policy research and analysis focused on attaining sustainable economic development and prosperity in Africa, while amplifying the voice of African researchers in policy-making and planning.

Research ProjectBudgeting for National Priorities

The Budgeting for National Priorities project promotes greater fiscal responsibility by developing new ideas, educating the public and finding common ground among experts and policy-makers.

ExpertEswar Prasad

Eswar Prasad, who holds the New Century Chair in International Economics, is a senior fellow in Global Economy and Development. He is the Tolani Senior Professor of Trade Policy at Cornell University and was previously head of the Financial Studies Division and the China Division at the IMF.

ExpertRobert Puentes

Robert Puentes focuses on the broad array of policies and issues related to metropolitan growth and development. He is an expert on transportation and infrastructure, urban planning, growth management, suburban issues and housing.

TopicHealth Care

Brookings is committed to producing innovative policy solutions to our nation’s most difficult challenges. The country may face no more important domestic policy challenge than the much-needed reform of our health care system. Through an institution-wide effort, Brookings delivers new ideas and offers policy solutions to improve health care both at home and globally.