Reading Development

Random readings on society, politics and change – Jorge Carrillo

Towards Universal Health Coverage: thinking public

Towards Universal Health Coverage: thinking public

This report offers a comprehensive deep-dive analysis of public financing for health in LMICs by assessing the changing relationship between domestic public financing for health and the economy, the budget … Continue reading →

Thursday, 13 July 2017 · Leave a comment
Handbook on Urban Infrastructure Finance

Handbook on Urban Infrastructure Finance

As a part of the Financing Urban Infrastructure Initiative launched in 2015 the New Cities Foundation has just published a Handbook on Urban Infrastructure Finance, a tool to help cities … Continue reading →

Saturday, 7 May 2016 · Leave a comment
Time for a new approach to environmental and social protection at multilateral development banks

Time for a new approach to environmental and social protection at multilateral development banks

Current MDB safeguards do not address the core developmental problem facing environmental and social oversight – weak legal frameworks and implementation capacity. Protecting against negative environmental and social impacts from … Continue reading →

Saturday, 9 April 2016 · Leave a comment
Health Financing Policy: The Macroeconomic, Fiscal, and Public Finance Context

Health Financing Policy: The Macroeconomic, Fiscal, and Public Finance Context

The study outlines the key components of the macroeconomic, fiscal, and public financial management context that need to be considered for an informed health financing discussion at the country level. … Continue reading →

Wednesday, 16 March 2016 · Leave a comment
Fiscal Space for Social Protection: Options to Expand Social Investments in 187 Countries

Fiscal Space for Social Protection: Options to Expand Social Investments in 187 Countries

It is often argued that social protection is not affordable or that government expenditure cuts are inevitable during adjustment periods. But there are alternatives, even in the poorest countries. This … Continue reading →

Tuesday, 5 May 2015 · Leave a comment
Steering Urban Growth: Governance, Policy and Finance

Steering Urban Growth: Governance, Policy and Finance

This paper examines the importance of the third pillar of the 3C model: coordinated governance. Governance will be particularly crucial in many Emerging Cities where current levels of capacity are … Continue reading →

Monday, 1 December 2014 · Leave a comment
The Continuing Enigmas of Social Policy

The Continuing Enigmas of Social Policy

Ben Fine – This paper examines critically what has been one of the most successful intellectual contributions to the neoliberal period, Esping-Andersen’s Welfare Regimes Approach (WRA) to comparative social policy. … Continue reading →

Sunday, 13 July 2014 · Leave a comment
Shining a light on the shadowy institutions giving public support to private companies and taking over the development agenda

Shining a light on the shadowy institutions giving public support to private companies and taking over the development agenda

Development finance has changed substantially over the past decade. Private finance has replaced aid at the centre of global and national development initiatives, for both governments and international bodies. Development … Continue reading →

Saturday, 12 July 2014 · Leave a comment
Why Do Cities Struggle to Replicate Best Practices?

Why Do Cities Struggle to Replicate Best Practices?

Mike Pagano – Cities, urban regions, suburban communities and rural towns have only one thing in common and following a Pied Piper is not one of them. Besides being composed … Continue reading →

Saturday, 19 October 2013 · Leave a comment

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