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When missions fail: lessons in 'high technology' from post-war Britain
What can post-war Britain tell us about how the state should approach technology today? Post WW2, technological frontiers were seen as crucial for both prosperity and security – but big bets on Concorde and nuclear power generation failed. This cautionary tale of 'techno-nationalism' may have more lessons for industrial strategy today than the post-war example of the US moonshot.
The Path Forward For The Brazilian National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) – Strengthening Capacity And Autonomy
This policy brief explores the capacity and autonomy gaps in the recently created Brazilian National Data Protection Authority (ANPD), and suggests alternatives to address them.
Education data needs and challenges for building back from COVID-19
This paper outlines the global pattern in pandemic school-closure periods and illustrates data needs through the examples drawn from Brazil and India, both of which experienced prolonged periods of school closures.
States as the New Protagonists of Health and a Coordinated Approach to Building Back From Covid-19
This report is based on a series of interviews conducted with state health secretaries and other stakeholders in Brazil’s public health system and aims to inform and support state administrations in the country.
Proposal for funding and co-ordination mechanisms to maximise benefit / minimise cost / minimise risk from donor investment in COVID-19 vaccine development
This policy brief, written in March 2020, argues finance (rather than development of new vaccine technology) was likely to be the binding constraint on the timing of broad and equitable global availability of COVID-19 vaccines.
Rethinking Health Security after COVID-19
In a critical examination of the health security paradigm, this report argues that, while the security implications of pandemics are clear, the concept of health security distracts attention from the underlying determinants of health that exacerbate the effects of severe disease outbreaks and disproportionately affect the most vulnerable. The report offers recommendations for developing and sustaining a human-centred approach to global health.
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