This paper, situated against the growing body of work that argues that adequate state capacity and robust public institutions are key for socio-economic development, examines the leading and supporting institutions of secondary education in two Indian states, Andhra Pradesh (AP) and Rajasthan....

This paper examines the impact of universal health security in Thailand and probes the impacts of the 30 Baht health policy objectives, poverty and inequality. The paper begins with an understanding of health policy as couched in the broader perspective of social protection. An understanding of...

This paper discusses the political and institutional factors that shaped the emergence and consolidation of a universal health system (SUS) in Brazil after the transition to democracy in the late 1980s. It argues that a combination of political incentives and political, fiscal and institutional...