Insights & Analysis

Expert perspectives on development finance, health financing, and data-driven policy.

Maternal Mortality in Africa
1 min
Maternal & Child Health
Global Health
Data & Methods

In 2023 a woman giving birth in Nigeria was 25× more likely to die than one in Cabo Verde. An interactive look at Africa’s maternal-mortality gap.

May 11, 2026

Measles in Africa
1 min
Vaccines & Immunisation
Global Health
Data & Methods

From 1.4 million measles cases in 1981 to 35,000 by 2016 — an interactive heatmap of one of the great public-health achievements.

Apr 24, 2026

The Case for HPV Vaccination in PNG
1 min
Vaccines & Immunisation
Global Health
Data & Methods

Marking International HPV Awareness Day with an interactive data story from a cervical-cancer prevention project in Papua New Guinea.

Mar 4, 2026

Tax Revenue as the key to Sustainable Health Financing
9 min
Tax & Domestic Resource Mobilisation
Health Financing

Of all the drivers of health spending — aid, debt, corruption, elections — the one that matters most is tax revenue. Uganda’s anemic tap.

Feb 16, 2026

The Public Health Cost of General Elections
7 min
Global Health
Political Economy

Elections aren’t just political events; they quietly decide who lives long enough to see their leaders govern. The public-health cost of unrest.

Dec 9, 2025

The Matthew Effect
5 min
Political Economy
Global Health

How R > g — the Matthew Effect — compounds advantage for a few and erases it for the most vulnerable, and why that makes the social sector essential.

Nov 5, 2025

Why do honest people become corrupt politicians?
6 min
Political Economy

A game-theory look at why the political system rewards corruption and punishes honesty — and what it would take to change the rules.

Oct 7, 2025

When 1 + 1 is NOT equal to 2.
6 min
Health Financing
Global Health

This post explores the displacement effect and how it shapes government investment decision making

Aug 11, 2025

The Cost of Staying Alive in Uganda
5 min
Health Financing

A personal story about what a USD 130 hospital bill reveals about Uganda’s health financing.

May 6, 2025

Trade Under Guard
2 min
Trade & Supply Chains

A short story about securing the national interest.

Apr 13, 2025

Best Practices in donor reporting and compliance for first time grant recipients
4 min
Grants Management

The processes, people, and systems a first-time grant recipient needs to deliver quality outputs and keep donors confident.

Apr 26, 2023
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