The Utilization of Research in World Bank Health Sector Projects

The Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED) is a Geneva-based NGO that works with countries to set health research priorities and assess capacity and capacity-building needs for health research. The Capstone team is working with COHRED to examine the utilization of health research in World Bank health sector projects. The team conducted a literature review, an analysis of project documents from 39 World Bank health projects, and a targeted review of a smaller set of projects. The final report includes recommendations for recipient countries on how to better incorporate health research into project planning and improve the use of that research to serve the countries’ health and development needs.