Thierry van Bastelaer

Thierry van Bastelaer is principal associate and economist at Abt Associates. He serves as co-director of Abt’s Risk and Resilience Methods Center, as health finance advisor on the Strengthening Health Outcomes through the Private Sector project, and as chair of Abt’s Health Finance and Economics Technical Working Group. van Bastelaer is also adjunct professor at American University, teaching two microfinance courses. Prior to joining Abt, van Bastelaer was senior director of Livelihoods Innovations at the Save the Children Federation.

Latest Articles

You can't have one without the other: Why the private sector matters in reaching UHC

over 12 years ago // Contributor: Thierry van Bastelaer

The government cannot do it all to bring about universal health coverage, says Thierry van Bastelaer, principal associate and economist at Abt Associates, in response to Oxfam’s report that he says “ignores the complex political and economic realities in most developing countries.”

Above the noise: Taking resilience from buzzword to real-world impact

almost 13 years ago // Commentary: Thierry van Bastelaer

Here are some ways to put substance behind resilience, so it won’t fade away like other development ideas that began with so much promise. A guest opinion by Thierry van Bastelaer, co-director of the Risk and Resilience Methods Center at Abt Associates.

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