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Blog: Research insights, new friends and meeting Stiglitz

In this blog Shreya Bhattacharya, PhD candidate at University of Houston, talks about her research, future aspirations, and her experience as a PhD Fellow at UNU-WIDER.

Journal Article: What does it mean to be poor? Investigating the qualitative-quantitative divide in Mozambique

Open access | This article reflects on the merits of seeking to reconcile economic (quantitative) and anthropological (qualitative) analytical approaches.

Women selling vegetables in a market in Pyapon. Myanmar Photo: Markus Kostner / World Bank

Blog: Transforming economies, states, and societies – building evidence for achieving the SDGs

Presenting the new work programme

Book: Extractive Industries

Open access | New initiatives recognize that resource wealth can provide a means, when properly used, for poorer nations to decisively break with poverty by diversifying economies and funding development spending.

Inclusive growth in Mozambique – scaling-up research and capacity

The central goal of the project is to support inclusive growth, growth that substantially improves the living standards of the Mozambican population.

Research and policy briefs

Evidence-based policymaking is crucial. Use our publications search to browse nearly 200 briefs which highlight the findings and policy implications of our research.

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201 UNU-WIDER articles, publications, projects, experts...

Economic research on labour migration in the developing world has traditionally focused on the role played by the remittances of overseas migrant labour in the sending country’s economy...

Health Labour migration Children

Policy Brief

Measuring quality of health-care services: What is known and where are the knowledge gaps? Health SDG3 Universal Health Coverage

Blog

Income generation and malaria in Uganda

by Saurabh Singhal, Yao Pan
December 2017

Several large-scale efforts have been made to combat malaria in the last decade under the Millennium Development Goals, and while these have led to a rapid decline in cases, malaria continues to exact a heavy toll on sub-Saharan Africa, both in terms...

Administrative law Agriculture Economic development

Journal Article

Improving water, sanitation and hygiene in health-care facilities, Liberia

Problem The lack of proper water and sanitation infrastructures and poor hygiene practices in health-care facilities reduces facilities’ preparedness and response to disease outbreaks and decreases the communities’ trust in the health ser...

Health SDG3 Universal Health Coverage

Journal Article

Observations of infection prevention and control practices in primary health care, Kenya

Objective To assess compliance with infection prevention and control practices in primary health care in Kenya...

Health SDG3 Universal Health Coverage

Journal Article

Implementation research to improve quality of maternal and newborn health care, Malawi

Objective To evaluate the impact of a performance-based financing scheme on maternal and neonatal health service quality in Malawi...

Health SDG3 Universal Health Coverage

Working Paper

Choices for spending government revenue: New African oil, gas, and mining economies

This paper examines a broad range of opportunities for addressing the pressing human development needs of low-income countries by using new oil, gas, and mineral discoveries...

Extractives Education Framework

Policy seminar

Policy Seminar - Launch of WHO Bulletin theme issue 'Measuring quality of care'

14 June 2017

Salle A, World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, Geneva, Switzerland

Past event

Blog

Building the learning agenda: Spotlight on the Global Learning Laboratory for Quality Universal Health Coverage

by Nana Mensah Abrampah
June 2017

Improving the delivery of quality health services is messy! Vast amounts of knowledge and experience is being generated daily...

Health Quality of care SDG3

Blog

Measuring outpatient safety at scale: infection prevention and control practices in Kenya

by Guadalupe Bedoya, Jishnu Das
June 2017

Primum non nocere — first, do no harm. This most basic tenet of medical care is routinely violated in clinics and hospitals around the world today ...

Quality of care Health SDG3