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Blog Post
July 20, 2022
Get ready for Pandemic Proof, a new podcast from the Center for Global Development. Hosted by CGD's Amanda Glassman and Javier Guzman and featuring guests from around the world, Pandemic Proof will confront weaknesses in the global architecture for pandemic preparedness and response, and explore pol...
Blog Post
July 05, 2022
If the objective is to grow women’s businesses by providing capital infusions, programs can nudge women to invest more of their capital in their own businesses by making accessible capital in-kind (and less likely to be easily divided) or providing access to individual accounts through mobile bankin...
Blog Post
June 23, 2022
Despite this competitive landscape, there is an opportunity to develop a comprehensive and articulate G7 response on global health including pandemic preparedness and response. While some note the multiple asks circulating from ACT-A, the Global Fund, WHO, the new pandemic financial intermediary fun...
BRIEFS
June 23, 2022
COVID-19 has shown the detrimental consequences of insufficient and fragmented financing for outbreak preparedness, prevention, and response (PPR). As the world seeks to recover from the current COVID-19 pandemic, and to mitigate recovery needs for future health crises, more must be done to accelera...
Blog Post
June 23, 2022
When the pandemic struck, households faced economic shocks that persisted after schools reopened due to loss of employment. In the wake of this, many LCPS, like many other businesses, struggled to stay afloat, leading to permanent closure of some schools. The risks that parents could no longer affo...
Blog Post
June 10, 2022
In June 2021, Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, offered a challenge to the world: “To truly end the pandemic, our goal must be to vaccinate at least 70 percent of the world’s population by the time you meet again in Germany next year.” However, as we approach this year’s G7 summit, the 70 percent target has b...
WORKING PAPERS
June 09, 2022
Does channeling government-to-person (G2P) payments through bank accounts encourage financial inclusion and use? This paper explores the factors that have driven the adoption of digital payments in India by beneficiaries of PMGKY, the large-scale COVID-19 relief program launched in May 2020.
Blog Post
June 06, 2022
This blog post argues that higher health spending is unlikely to be sustained because of the pandemic’s adverse impact on revenues, other spending pressures, and the resulting deteriorating fiscal position of LLMICs. This suggests that countries will need to undertake policy actions to create additi...
POLICY PAPERS
June 06, 2022
Before the pandemic, the achievement of the SDGs by 2030 was doubtful in part because of the slow pace in generating additional revenues from domestic sources. As the financing needs have increased after the pandemic, the achievement of these goals will be delayed beyond 2030, unless additional fina...
Blog Post
May 26, 2022
Yesterday at the annual World Health Assembly in Geneva, member states passed a resolution tabled by the Argentina, Peru, and the UK that aims to strengthen clinical trials to improve public health. As COVID-19 has made abundantly clear, the evidence generated by high-quality clinical trials is esse...