The 6th edition of the International Conference on Public Policy (ICPP6) was held between June 27th and 29th, 2023 in Toronto, Canada. ICPP6 had 1180 registered participants coming from 78 different countries. It is one of the world’s largest international events on public policy: no less than 1522 papers related to various public policies we...

If you followed the recently concluded AIDS 2022 Conference in Montreal, you will have heard several complaints about how, once again,  visa issues forced many registered participants to miss out on a forum  where decisions were to be made about a condition that disproportionately affects them in the first place, and their countries. This is no...

On Saturday May 29th the UEFA Champions League final match between Manchester City and Chelsea concluded a football season across Europe that threw up some unexpected first-time winners across the different league and cup competitions. Villareal, for example, won its first (European) trophy ever against European powerhouse Manchester United. Le...

Large-scale anti-government protests and collective aggression against leadership and government systems have increased in almost every region of the world since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. With more than 30 significant demonstrations in 26 countries targeting COVID-19 restrictions, the year 2020 was aptly described as “the year of pr...

Almost right after the Alma Ata declaration forty years ago, health started being treated (again) as a problem in search of technical solutions: good policies, drugs, reformed financial markets, …. When correctly mixed as prescribed, results are down mostly to implementation, was the predominant message, in spite of the (just agreed upon) Alma...