Resources Repository
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DataInteractive 2018Beyond Income: A Broader Picture of Poverty
This interactive web portal, hosted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), explores the multidimensional …
This interactive web portal, hosted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), explores the multidimensional nature of poverty around the world. The Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) measures poverty across three dimensions—health, education, and living standards—and uses 10 indicators such as lacking access to clean water, adequate nutrition, or primary education. This web portal allows users to explore each of these 10 indicators through illustrative, media-rich country cases.
Education/Labor | Health Outcomes | Evidence Synthesis | Social Determinants | Health Systems | Climate/Environment | Economics/Finance | Health/Medicine | Science/Technology | Global -
Lesson/ModuleVideo, Teaching Resource 2018Budget Impact Analysis
This video is intended to provide a framework for a budget impact analysis (BIA) which …
This video is intended to provide a framework for a budget impact analysis (BIA) which serves to estimate the cost to a payer of adopting a new intervention over a 1-3 year period and the tools necessary to determine if a BIA is appropriate to undertake. This video is part of the Conducting Cost-Effectiveness Analysis with VA Data (HCEA) free course offered by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development group…
Business/Industry | Costing Methods | Health/Medicine | North America | College | Graduate | Doctoral | Critical Thinking/Analysis | Decision Making/Leadership | Quantitative Literacy -
DataInteractive 2017Monitoring Health for the SDGs: Data Visualization Dashboard
This web portal from the World Health Organization (WHO) accompanies the 2017 report, World Health …
This web portal from the World Health Organization (WHO) accompanies the 2017 report, World Health Statistics: Monitoring Health for the SDGs. Powered by data in the WHO’s Global Health Observatory (GHO), the portal presents visualizations on 22 health and health-related targets of the Sustainable Development Goals from all member countries, covering a number of topics including poverty, health and well-being, malnutrition, sanitation, clean energy, sustainable urban development, and more.Published every year since 2005, World Health…
Education/Labor | Health Outcomes | Child/Nutrition | Chronic Disease/Risk | Social Determinants | Environmental Health | Global Governance | Climate/Environment | Government/Law | Health/Medicine | Global -
Online LearningVideo, Teaching Resource 2010TED Talk. The Art of Choosing
In this talk, Sheena Iyengar challenges three key assumptions of the standard economic model of …
In this talk, Sheena Iyengar challenges three key assumptions of the standard economic model of choice: 1) that it is always in the individual’s best interests to choose for themselves, 2) that more choice are always better, and 3) that we should never say no to choice. In particular, she highlights differences in the way people view choice in the US and in other parts of the world. Iyengar argues that if we were to…
Education/Labor | Decision Psychology | Preferences/Values | Child/Nutrition | High School | College | Graduate | Doctoral | Professional | Critical Thinking/Analysis | Decision Making/Leadership -
Online LearningVideo, Teaching Resource 2008TED Talk. Are We in Control of Our Own Decisions?
The field of behavioral economics helps to explain human decision making that would be deemed …
The field of behavioral economics helps to explain human decision making that would be deemed irrational by standard economic models. Dan Ariely begins this talk by presenting visual illusions, followed by the analogy that humans face similar illusions regarding our behavior. He focuses on how setting a “default” option can substantially influence our choices, especially when decisions are complex. He illustrates his points with examples from health and other fields. Access the video. Are We in…
Business/Industry | Decision Psychology | Economics/Finance | Health/Medicine | High School | College | Graduate | Doctoral | Professional | Critical Thinking/Analysis | Decision Making/Leadership