Research Library

Latin America's Conditional Cash Transfer (CCTs) programs aim to educate women about the value of health visits and the actual long-term value of maternal and child health. American health policymakers have an opportunity to learn from their Latin American peers how to successfully address this challenge, writes fellow Farhan Majid in an op-ed for The Hill: https://bit.ly/2tiDF5D .

Global health security and funding is critical for keeping up with the progress made so far in combating global health challenges. It is for this reason that the need for the U.S.’s commitment to global health investments needs to be revisited and advocated once again writes fellow Farhan Majid in an op-ed for The Hill: https://bit.ly/2sqYqvp

While social media has become a more important tool for opposition parties in Turkey to increase their visibility ahead of the June 24 elections, its reach and influence are limited when it comes to undecided, nonpartisan voters, scholar Abdullah Aydogan writes.

This brief examines trends in energy demand patterns highlighted by 2018 energy outlooks prepared by the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the International Energy Agency, and BP.

Increasing funding for drug treatment programs in prison may help reduce the opioid epidemic, according to an op-ed authored by Katharine Neill Harris, the Alfred C. Glassell III Fellow in Drug Policy.

In a new survey, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Episcopal Health Foundation sought to gauge Texans’ views on health policy priorities at both the state and national level. Overall, the survey finds that health care is a priority for Texans, with over half saying the state legislature should increase spending on health care programs, while roughly two-thirds of Texans say the state should expand its Medicaid program.

The author explores whether the use of patient-centered medical homes improves care for diabetes patients in the VA.

In June 2018, Saudi Arabia finally put an end to its legal ban on women driving, opening the way for millions of new drivers to navigate across a country three times bigger than Texas. While the long-overdue policy shift provides relief to women who lacked freedom of mobility, the onset of so many new drivers has enormous consequences for transportation and the energy sector, as well as labor market participation and public health.

A year in and the Gulf crisis is stuck, with little prospect of a breakthrough if none of the parties involved are willing to consider how and where they might make concessions to result in a compromise agreement, fellow Kristian Coates Ulrichsen writes in his analysis of the regional and global implications of the impasse.

A win for Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) in Mexico's presidential election might spell another period of misguided nationalism that could impede Mexico’s ability to fully extract the benefits of its energy resources, fellow Francisco J. Monaldi writes in a blog for Forbes.