Cash on delivery: linking aid to results – Nancy Birdsall, William D. Savedoff and Ayah Mahgoub (CGD); The problem with cash-on-delivery aid – Paolo de Renzio (GEG); What Is the Counterfactual for COD Aid? – William Savedoff and Nancy Birdsall.  For the background, see CGD’s Cash on Delivery aid initiative and commentary  by GEG’s Paolo de Renzio and Ngaire Woods - The Trouble with Cash on Delivery Aid – discussing the effects of COD aid on recipient country governments. For more, see CGD’s Cash on Delivery aid initiative and commentary  by GEG’s Paolo de Renzio and Ngaire Woods - The Trouble with Cash on Delivery Aid – discussing the effects of COD aid on recipient country governments.

Over at the Guardian, Kevin Watkins argues that lives are being lost needlessly because of an aid system that favours crisis response over prevention in Too little, too late for Niger.

How does health compare to other global priorities? What drives success in public health? On what areas should developing country governments focus to improve health?

You can read Caring About Health via Chatham House. You may also be interested in Devi Sridhar’s blog globalhealthpolicy.net and her contribution to World Policy Journal’s The Big Question: What is the Most Pressing Health Crisis and How Can It Be Solved?

“critically reflects upon the increasing voice among countries to tighten up regulatory control at the national and global levels. Will we see the rise of ‘regulatory states’ of a new kind? This book serves as a timely caution that regulatory capture or hijacking could take place in this newfound enthusiasm for regulation.”

More information about book, including the introductory chapter, is available via Princeton University Press.