Smart Development

Tom Achoki describes a framework for understanding health systems that should guide investment and interventions.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf & Jean Kaseya argue that stakeholders must take coordinated action under a “one plan, one budget, one report” framework.

Ann Lindstrand, et al. show how innovative and tailored strategies increased immunization coverage in hard-to-reach communities.

Dixon Chibanda describes new, scalable models for delivering high-quality, low-cost psychiatric care where it is needed most.

Peter Sands touts recent efforts to ensure that low- and middle-income countries have access to a life-saving tool.

Marc Augustin argues that large language models cannot “treat” patients because they lack the ability to form empathic bonds.

Peter Singer urges the swift approval and rapid production of a new, low-cost malaria vaccine that can save millions of lives.

Giacomo Anastasia & Tito Boeri explain how the country can restore lost human capital after the war ends and reconstruction has begun.

Kate Hampton & David Miliband identify four areas where progress is needed to mitigate the worsening global hunger and nutrition crisis.