From: Assessing capacity for health policy and systems research in low and middle income countries*
 | TOTAL | Per Capita GNP | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  |  | Low | Lower Middle | Upper Middle | |||
 | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % |
Total No. | 108 | 100 | 50 | 46 | 36 | 33 | 22 | 20 |
Legal status | ||||||||
Private | 31 | 29 | 17 | 34 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 41 |
Public | 69 | 64 | 27 | 54 | 30 | 83 | 12 | 55 |
Mixed public/private | 8 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
Experience | ||||||||
Less than 1 year | 7 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
1 to 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
3 to 5 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 7 | 30 |
6 to 10 | 29 | 27 | 16 | 33 | 8 | 21 | 6 | 25 |
Over 10 years | 46 | 42 | 20 | 39 | 19 | 52 | 8 | 35 |
TOTAL | 108 | 100 | 50 | 100 | 36 | 100 | 22 | 100 |
Information technology | ||||||||
No/rare PC access | 8 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
No Internet | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
FTE* researcher base | ||||||||
FTE per institution | 8.4 | Â | 9.7 | Â | 7.0 | Â | 8.0 | Â |
No. of institutions with: 2 FTE or less | 17 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 21 | 2 | 10 |
>2 to 4 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 28 | 4 | 19 |
5 to 10 | 37 | 34 | 13 | 26 | 11 | 31 | 12 | 52 |
More than 10 | 32 | 30 | 21 | 42 | 7 | 21 | 4 | 19 |
PhDs in workforce | ||||||||
Zero PhDs | 26 | 24 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 10 | 48 |
1 to 2 | 53 | 49 | 28 | 57 | 20 | 55 | 6 | 29 |
3+ | 29 | 26 | 15 | 30 | 9 | 24 | 5 | 24 |
Project portfolio | ||||||||
Total projects | 3.0 | Â | 2.8 | Â | 2.9 | Â | 3.4 | Â |
Projects <1 year | 2.3 | Â | 2.0 | Â | 2.3 | Â | 2.5 | Â |
Project funding | ||||||||
Total for portfolio ** | $155,226 | Â | $150,806 | Â | $178,636 | Â | $126,470 | Â |
Annually | $80,521 | Â | $72,140 | Â | $111,879 | Â | $81,901 | Â |
Databases and publications for decision makers | ||||||||
Producer | 45 | 42 | 23 | 46 | 11 | 31 | 11 | 50 |