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Sep 10, 20221 min read

Can and should central banks smooth climate change-induced shocks to price and financial stability?

There is an increasing academic consensus around the magnitude of the threats posed by climate change. The extent to which such threats...

Replacing those who have gone: Evaluation of Kazakhstan’s “South-North” Resettlement Programme

Aug 22, 20221 min read

Migration & Security

Replacing those who have gone: Evaluation of Kazakhstan’s “South-North” Resettlement Programme

After Kazakhstan gained its long awaited independence in 1991, these ethnic minorities started leaving the country, supported by...

Myanmar’s Pathway to Poverty Reduction through Universal Health Coverage: Addressing Challenges

Aug 21, 20221 min read

Global Health

Myanmar’s Pathway to Poverty Reduction through Universal Health Coverage: Addressing Challenges

Through its effects on population health and productivity, UHC plays an integral part not only in reducing health inequalities but also...

The impact of COVID-19 disruptions on sexual and reproductive health (SRH) supply chain and services

Aug 21, 20221 min read

Global Health

The impact of COVID-19 disruptions on sexual and reproductive health (SRH) supply chain and services

Quarantine measures and mobility restrictions disproportionately affected women and girls, in terms of financial insecurity and...

Addressing Antimicrobial Resistance: The Indian Perspective

Jun 22, 20221 min read

Global Health

Addressing Antimicrobial Resistance: The Indian Perspective

[Antimicrobial Resistance] AMR, although not a new threat, has become a significant part of the global health canon only in the last few...

Informal Payments in the Hungarian and Indian Public Healthcare System a Comparative Analysis

Jun 5, 20211 min read

Asia

Informal Payments in the Hungarian and Indian Public Healthcare System a Comparative Analysis

This toolkit is part of HDRI’s first toolkit series and is a collective effort made by our fellow researchers Barbara Caltabiano,...

Jun 5, 20211 min read

Asia

Combating Forced Marriages in India

This toolkit is part of HDRI’s first toolkit series and is a collective effort made by our fellow researchers Tara Adiga, Haibado...

Institutionalising Comprehensive Sex Education For Adolescentes and Young People in Health Policies

Mar 29, 20211 min read

Asia

Institutionalising Comprehensive Sex Education For Adolescentes and Young People in Health Policies

During adolescence, comprehensive sex education is of prime importance to make young people aware of the sexual health and also provide...

Analysis of Reproductive Health of Tribal Women in Jharkhand: Assessing the Situation, Barriers to H

Mar 27, 20211 min read

Asia

Analysis of Reproductive Health of Tribal Women in Jharkhand: Assessing the Situation, Barriers to H

Reproductive health of the tribal women in India is less studied. There is lack of systematic and comprehensive research studies, which...

Local and Indigenous Knowledge in Adaptation to Climate Change

Mar 20, 20211 min read

Asia

Local and Indigenous Knowledge in Adaptation to Climate Change

This paper examines the use of local and indigenous knowledge in the UN frameworks and guidelines. After a short summary of the notion of...

Decriminalising Sex Work in India: A Gendered Perspective

Mar 9, 20211 min read

Asia

Decriminalising Sex Work in India: A Gendered Perspective

Sex work and Prostitution is said to be the oldest profession in the world, but there is a contentious dichotomy and a deprecatory view...

Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Public Education in India

Feb 20, 20211 min read

Asia

Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Public Education in India

This paper will explore the multifaceted challenges that the Indian public education system is being faced with as a result of schools...

Right to Work: State Obligations to Protect Transgender Sex Workers in Thailand and the Philippines

Feb 16, 20211 min read

Asia

Right to Work: State Obligations to Protect Transgender Sex Workers in Thailand and the Philippines

This research paper aims at addressing the issues of transgender persons in sex industry with major focus on states policies and lack of...

Refugees in Limbo: The Implications of Australia’s Externalized Border Policies in Indonesia

Feb 3, 20211 min read

Asia

Refugees in Limbo: The Implications of Australia’s Externalized Border Policies in Indonesia

The topic of immigration has a longstanding tendency to be used as a political wedge in Australia, securitized by politicians for...

Assessing the Suitability of Implementing South Korea’s Healthcare Model in Africa

Oct 29, 20201 min read

Global Health

Assessing the Suitability of Implementing South Korea’s Healthcare Model in Africa

Since the mid-2010s, South Korea has progressively undertaken partnerships with four African countries (i.e. Ethiopia, Ghana, Tanzania...

The State of North-East India: The Politics of Land, Migration and the Economy

Jul 29, 20201 min read

External publications

The State of North-East India: The Politics of Land, Migration and the Economy

India’s geographical location has played a strategic role in maintaining its diplomatic and economic relations with the neighbouring...

Towards Improved Health Seeking Behaviour and Sustainable Sanitation Programmes

Jun 8, 20201 min read

External publications

Towards Improved Health Seeking Behaviour and Sustainable Sanitation Programmes

The use of communication tools to improve health seeking behaviour of communities has found relevance in numerous successful health and...

Addressing Climate Change in Vietnam: Policies and Actors

Apr 5, 20201 min read

Environment

Addressing Climate Change in Vietnam: Policies and Actors

Academic studies are clear about the impacts of climate change in Vietnam. This paper attempts to act as a non-exhaustive summary of the...

How to Build an Invisible Empire: The Vast Overseas Chinese Network that Knows No Borders

Mar 29, 20201 min read

Migration & Security

How to Build an Invisible Empire: The Vast Overseas Chinese Network that Knows No Borders

In their own unique way, Chinese ethnic diasporas function as their own authentic forms of globalization. The ebbs and flows of Chinese...

Digital Literacy of Rural Women in India: A Study of Google’s “Helping Women Get Online” Initiative

Mar 20, 20201 min read

Asia

Digital Literacy of Rural Women in India: A Study of Google’s “Helping Women Get Online” Initiative

Despite the growing penetration of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in developing countries including India, the benefits...