Assessing capacity for health policy and systems research in low and middle income countries*

Table 2 Characteristics and Capacity of Institutions Doing HPSR

	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		9.7		7.0		8.0
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		2.8		2.9		3.4
Projects <1 year	2.3		2.0		2.3		2.5
Project funding
Total for portfolio **	$155,226		$150,806		$178,636		$126,470
Annually	$80,521		$72,140		$111,879		$81,901
Databases and publications for decision makers
Producer	45	42	23	46	11	31	11	50

* FTE: Full Time Equivalent. Indicates the total number of person/months employed by including full time and part time researchers under a single category. **Includes total project funding for all projects within the institution and their entire duration.

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