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Blog Post
June 25, 2024
Today we release two new guides that can support countries through the first two critical steps in priority setting reforms: carrying out a situational analysis and then developing a national HTA framework. These are based on the last 10 years’ experience of the international Decision Support Initia...
Blog Post
June 24, 2024
There have been some dramatic global changes and challenges to the world order over the last few years. While the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine highlighted countries’ global interdependency, deepening geopolitical tensions have brought national security considerations to the fore. There i...
Blog Post
June 24, 2024
In 2014, West Africa became the epicenter for the world’s first epidemic outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease. The virus hit West African capitals hard, leading to more than 10,000 deaths, international travel restrictions, and significant economic hardship. Documenting the tragedy for a global audience ...
CGD NOTES
June 24, 2024
Target Product Profiles (TPPs) are a staple of the health sector. They are used to communicate client needs and requirements for products not currently available on the market, with information on how the new product will be used, by and for whom, and the minimum and ideal performance criteria. TPPs...
Blog Post
June 19, 2024
Development finance has grown in volume and complexity, but official development assistance (ODA)—defined by the OECD’s development assistance committee (DAC)—remains at its core in both a substantive and political way. Although it makes up a shrinking share of total financing for development, ODA i...
Blog Post
June 18, 2024
The environment in which development policy operates has changed rapidly. The world is becoming more multipolar, and countries from the "Global South” are taking a more prominent role in global cooperation. The global economy is in upheaval, and interconnected and ongoing crises are becoming the nor...
CGD NOTES
June 17, 2024
The implementation of evidence-based medicine (EBM) relies on organizations to identify, develop, and apply evidence-based practices. While healthcare professionals often engage with service providers like hospitals and insurers for EBM implementation, they may be less familiar with organizations fo...
CGD NOTES
June 17, 2024
Countries pursuing universal health coverage must set priorities to determine which benefits to add to a national health prog ram, but the roles that organizations play are less understood. This article investigates the case of the formation of an organization with a mandate for choice of technology...
Blog Post
June 10, 2024
In a new CGD paper, the CAF review holds an important lesson for the IMF which, if acted on, could allow it to greatly increase its support for low-income countries (LICs) while maintaining its robust financial buffers.
The paper also summarizes the financial structure of the IMF’s General Resourc...
WORKING PAPERS
June 10, 2024
The IMF was not included in the recent review of multilateral development banks’ capital adequacy frameworks that proposed reforms to allow them to expand their lending to developing countries. The paper considers whether this review contained lessons for the IMF despite its distinct role and financ...