August 13, 2021

The U.S. is set to become a major global supplier.

A new study estimates that the number is greater than the population of Chile

Huge analysis of RTS,S in Africa shows it decreased toddler deaths by 13%

Two studies published in the last year show that more readable economics papers get cited more.

A year after Covid-19 was declared a pandemic, the world would be well advised to prepare for the next one.

Once you’ve looked at policy as a source of societal progress and regress, especially over the long term, it is hard to look at anything else. As a result, I hope ever-more people in the EA community...

While any global leader needs to “walk and chew gum” at the same time, the effort to rapidly welcome Afghans required intense engagement from the highest levels of government to service providers on...

Though it looked good in trials, social interventions are much harder to make work at scale

Intellectual property is just one piece of an elaborate structure

How should the MDB vaccine effort intersect with global efforts like COVAX, or indeed plans to share or donate vaccine amongst countries? In this blog, we look at two issues raised by the World...

Even before the health crisis, it was clear the WHO needed reform if it was to going to achieve the required level of cooperation needed to control pandemics.

Coronavirus prompts spike in mortality with data showing weekly deaths have hit a record high.

Paxlovid is expected to work well against Omicron. The real problem is that production is insufficient

Bureaucratic and logistical roadblocks, not the science, stand in our way

Nature Human Behaviour - Analysing over 50,000 government interventions in more than 200 countries, Haug et al. find that combinations of softer measures, such as risk communication or...

Severe covid-19 pneumonia has posed critical challenges for the research and medical communities. Older age, male sex, and comorbidities increase the risk for severe disease. For people hospitalized...

Driving Revolutionary Ideas into Practice

Martin Ravallion, a former director of the Development Research Group, and influential poverty researcher died on December 24th. We reflect on his legacy and some of the lessons he taught us.

Poor understanding about vaccine capacity was one of the reasons why the world did not have the infrastructure needed to manufacture sufficient doses. This blogs proposes three actions to start...

America’s dysfunctional visa system threatens a White House Summit—and US national security.

Nature - Largest-ever deployment of Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes yields ‘encouraging’ results in three densely populated cities.

The treasury secretary warned Monday that the slow rollout of vaccines could harm the American economy.

Ravallion was influential and prolific. He has more than 370 publications that have been cited at least ten times. His articles extend from a 1979 theoretical note in Urban Studies on why wages may...

This paper explores the historical record in the development and deployment of vaccines globally and puts the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in that context. Although far more can be done and should be...

In the central African country of Rwanda, single mothers employed at a Japanese eatery have found a new source of income after their jobs took a hit from the novel coronavirus pandemic: babysitting...

As travelers cancel flights, businesses ask workers to stay home, and stocks fall, a global health crisis becomes a global economic crisis. What are the channels of economic impact we can expect from...

Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates called for COVID-19 drugs and an eventual vaccine to be made available to countries and people that need them most, not to the "highest bidder," saying relying...

Around two-thirds of shots promised bilaterally have arrived, while Covax has received fewer than one per cent of surplus doses pledged

Å ganske enkelt gi penger til fattige, viser seg å være blant de mest effektive bistandstiltakene som finnes. Fattige vet selv best hva de trenger.

In light of the deteriorating situation in Zimbabwe, seven former U.S. Ambassadors have joined a chorus of high-ranking officials and pro-democracy advocates to call on Harvard University's Global...

USAID compared a job training program to handing out cash. Cash looks better.

Though the US contribution to global health is small in absolute terms, it has an outsize influence on peoples’ lives. What would happen if the rumored steep cuts to foreign aid are applied to USG...

Report warns that, if immediate measures are not taken, AMR has the potential to take the form of a pandemic in the near future

Multibillion-dollar contracts give drug makers liability shields, patent ownership and leeway on delivery dates and pricing — and promises that much of it will not be made public.

The New Years Overseas Honours list recognises the outstanding contribution of British nationals for their service abroad.

Every year, the Birdsall House Conference on Women brings together leading academics and policymakers to discuss cutting-edge research focused on improving outcomes for women in low- and middle-inc...

Who are the world’s poor? This paper presents a new global profile of multidimensional poverty using three specifications of multidimensional poverty.

As a new WHO Director-General—Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus—prepares to take office, many have called for clearer priorities, governance and organizational reforms, and funding expansions. All good,...

The Princeton economist is using innovative techniques to explore how immigration has changed the world.

Dr. Vin Gupta, critical care pulmonologist, talks with Rachel Maddow about new antiviral pills from Merck and Pfizer that could make important strides toward preventing hospitalization and death of...

Vaccine rollouts are underway in over 181 countries and territories worldwide, yet only a handful of Sub-Sahara African (SSA) countries have started vaccinating their population.