Background. Although there is a large literature examining the relationship between a wide
range of political economy exposures and health outcomes, the extent to which the different …

The private for-profit sector's prominence in health-care delivery, and concern about its
failures to deliver social benefit, has driven a search for interventions to improve the sector's …

Background Despite sustained economic growth and reduction in money metric poverty in
last two decades, prevalence of malnutrition remained high in India. During 1992–2016, the …

This paper studies the health effects of one of the world's largest demand-side financial
incentive programmes—India's Janani Suraksha Yojana. Our difference-in-difference …

I have chosen to write this book in a way that is informed by critical theories of development
and feminist scholarship, but that places lived experience front and center. My professional …

Background More than half of the global population is not effectively covered by any type of
social protection benefit and women's coverage lags behind. Most girls and boys living in …

Background: In 2005, Pearson et al. presented a developmental framework of evidence-
based practice that sought to situate healthcare evidence and its role and use within the …

Background Cash transfers and vouchers are forms of 'demand-side financing'that have
been widely used to promote maternal and newborn health in low-and middle-income …

Background Each year almost 3 million newborns die within the first 28 days of life, 2.6
million babies are stillborn, and 287,000 women die from complications of pregnancy and …

Background Despite widespread implementation across Africa, there is limited evidence of
the effect of payment for performance (P4P) schemes in low income countries on the …