Dr Azad Bali
Areas of expertise
- Health Policy 160508
- Public Policy 160510
Biography
I am a Senior Lecturer in Public Policy at Australian National University and hold a joint appointment at The School of Politics & International Relations, and the Crawford School of Public Policy. My research and teaching interests lie at the intersection of public policy theory (policy design, instruments, comparative approaches) and health policy. The empirical focus of most of my work has been on India, Singapore and Thailand. At the ANU, I convene the Bachelor of Public Policy degree, and teach graduate and undergraduate courses on public policy theory, policy design, and public sector management.
I am currently working on two projects. The first is a book-length manuscript Thinking Comparatively About Public Policy. The project advances a theoretical framework, and engages with the methodological and empirical issues in comparative studies of public policy. The second project The Competing Struggles of Health Reform is a follow through on a recently completed book, Health Policy in Asia: A Policy Design Approach, and conceptualises efforts to sustain universal healthcare as a series of competing policy struggles . The argument is illustrated with reference to health reforms underway in Southeast Asia.
Researcher's projects
The Struggle for Universal Healthcare: A comparative study that explores the design, governance, and politics of universal healthcare in Southeast Asia (Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia). Each of these are conceptualised through the metaphor of a 'struggle'. The project develops propositions and arguments on how these societies are navigating these competing struggles
Thinking Comparatively about Policy Tools & Public Policy: This project (with Adam Hannah) develops a novel framework to theorise comparative studies in the policy sciences, and improve our understanding of policy success and failure.
Understanding Health Policy Learning in India: How and to what effect do policy actors learn from public health crises? This is a pilot project funded by ANU's APIP grant and the Australian Centre of Federalism.
Publications
- Bali, A & Halpin, D 2021, 'Agenda-setting instruments: means and strategies for the management of policy demands', Policy & Society: journal of public, foreign and global policy, vol. 40, no. 3.
- Bali, A, Howlett, M, Lewis, J et al. 2021, 'Procedural policy tools in theory and practice', Policy & Society: journal of public, foreign and global policy, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 295-311.
- Bali, A & Ramesh, M 2021, 'Governing healthcare in India: a policy capacity perspective', International Review of Administrative Sciences, vol. 87, no. 2.
- Taneja, P & Bali, A 2021, 'India’s domestic and foreign policy responses to COVID-19', The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs, vol. 110, no. 1, pp. 46-61.
- Ramesh, M & Bali, A 2021, Health Policy in Asia- A Policy Design Approach, Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom.
- Waring, P, Bali, A & Vas, C 2020, 'The fourth industrial revolution and labour market regulation in Singapore', The Economic and Labour Relations Review, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 347-363.
- Bali, A, Capano, G & Ramesh, M 2019, 'Introduction: Anticipating and designing for policy effectiveness', Policy & Society: journal of public, foreign and global policy, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 1-13.
- Bali, A & Ramesh, M 2019, 'Assessing health reform: Studying tool appropriateness and critical capacities', Policy & Society: journal of public, foreign and global policy, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 148-166.
- Bali, A & Ramesh, M 2018, 'Healthcare and the state in China', in (ed.), Asia after the Developmental State: Disembedding Autonomy, Cambridge University Press, Hong Kong, pp. 300-319.
- Waring, P, Vas, C & Bali, A 2018, 'The challenges of state intervention in Singapore's youth labour market', Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 138-150.
- Bali, A, McKiernan, P, Vas, C et al. 2018, Productivity and innovation in SMEs: Creating competitive advantage in Singapore and South East Asia, Routledge, London.
- Bali, A & Hannah, A 2018, 'Policy styles in healthcare: Understanding variations in health systems', in Jale Tosun (ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Policy Styles, Routledge, London, p. 18.
- Bali, A & Ramesh, M 2017, 'Designing Effective Healthcare: Matching Policy Tools to Problems in China', Public Administration and Development, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 40-50.
- Kwan, C, Bali, A & Asher, M 2016, 'Organization and Reporting of Public Financial Accounts: Insights and Policy Implications from the Singapore Budget', Australian Journal of Public Administration, vol. 75, no. 4, pp. 409-423.
- Bali, A & Ramesh, M 2015, 'Health care reforms in India: Getting it wrong', Public Policy and Administration, vol. 30, no. 3-4.
- Asher, M, Bali, A & Kwan, C 2015, 'Public financial management in Singapore: Key characteristics and prospects', The Singapore Economic Review, vol. 60, no. 03.
- Asher, M & Bali, A 2015, 'Public Pension Programs in Southeast Asia: An Assessment', Asian Economic Policy Review, vol. 10, no. 02, pp. 225-245.
- Bali, A & Ramesh, M 2015, 'Mark Time: India's March to Universal Health Care Coverage', Social Policy & Administration, vol. 49, no. 6, pp. 718-737.
- Bali, A 2014, 'The political economy of pension reforms in India', Public Administration and Development, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 294-304.
Projects and Grants
Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.
- ASEAN 6 COVID-19 Policy Response Observatory (Secondary Investigator)
