Reproductive healthcare in immigration detention: The imperative of informed consent
Health care providers are trained to inform, counsel, and provide optimal care to patients, regardless of their setting or immigration status.
Research
National survey of gig workers paints a picture of poor working conditions, low pay
While the concept of nontraditional, short-term, and contract work has been around since well before the digital age, it wasn’t until the 2010s that digital platform companies like Uber, DoorDash, Ins
An Overview of Nature-Related Risks and Potential Policy Actions for Ministries of Finance: Bending The Curve of Nature Loss
Governments, and Ministries of Finance (MoFs) in particular, manage critical levers for nature conservation, restoration, and sustainable use and have high risk exposure to nature loss.
Four Facts about Human Capital
This paper synthesizes what economists have learned about human capital since Becker (1962) into four stylized facts.
Bottlenecks for Evidence Adoption
Governments increasingly use RCTs to test innovations before scale up. Yet, we know little about whether and how they incorporate the results of the experiments into policy-making.
Coverage of New Drugs in Medicare Part D
Medicare Part D is an outpatient prescription drug benefit for older Americans covering more than 46 million beneficiaries.
The Case for Case Studies: Methods and Applications in International Development
This book seeks to narrow two gaps: first, between the widespread use of case studies and their frequently “loose” methodological moorings; and second, between the scholarly community advancing method
Will It Work Here? Using Case Studies to Generate ‘Key Facts’ About Complex Development Programs
Over the last two decades, social scientists across the disciplines have worked tirelessly to enhance the precision of claims made about the impact of development projects, seeking to formally verify
Partnerships under Pressure: Lessons on Adaptation and Overcoming Challenges
Partnerships are inherently challenging. They require two or more partners to share common goals and to work together over the lifetime of a project.
Holding Together: The Hijacking of Rights in America and How to Reclaim Them for Everyone
An overwhelming majority of Americans agree that rights are essential to their freedom, and that rights today are severely threatened.
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