Health Policy in Developing Asia

Comparative Public Policy

Bali holds a joint appointment at the School of Politics & International Relations; and the Crawford School of Public Policy. His research and teaching interests lie at the intersection of comparative public policy, policy design, and social policy in developing Asia. Prior to the ANU, Bali held fellowships at the University of Melbourne and at Murdoch University. 

The Struggle for Universal Healthcare in Asia: A large comparative study that explores the design, governance, and politics of healthcare in Asia. 

The Political Economy of Welfare Regimes in Asia: A comparative study of a) the design; b) policy dynamics; c) the politics of  health, education, and social security programs in developing Asia. 

Thinking Comparatively about Policy Tools & Public Policy: This project develops a novel framework to theorise comparative studies in the policy sciences, and improve our understanding of policy success and failure.