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Migration and mobility – new frontiers for research and policy

WIDER Development Conference jointly organized with ARUA, 5-6 October 2017, in Accra, Ghana

Public economics for development

This WIDER Development Conference focuses on the lessons from modern public and development economics which can guide policy makers to reform tax and public provision systems.

Tax and development - What can we learn from the Finnish experience?

This seminar, held on July 7 in Maputo, will examine the relevance of the Finnish development experience from the Mozambican perspective.

Policy brief: Tracking rural households through structural transformation

The case of Viet Nam

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.

Measuring poverty and wellbeing in developing countries

This new Open Access book provides detailed analyses of poverty and wellbeing in developing countries, based on household surveys that have been ongoing for more than three decades.

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

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

Working Paper

Health consequences of sterilizations

One-third of married women are sterilized in India. This is largely due to family planning programs that put a strong emphasis on ‘permanent’ contraceptive methods rather than temporary ones...

Development Fertility, Human Gender