What would a New Compact for health financing look like in practice?
New CGD analysis explores how external support can better align with domestically led health priorities—and outlines three scenarios for reform.
www.cgdev.org/publication/new-compact-...
Seriously, WHEREVER you are in the world, I recommend watching all of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s powerful & already famous speech at Davos.
Can’t underestimate its leadership importance.
Key line: “Middle powers must work together, because if we’re not at the table, we’re on the menu.”
Women often internalize workplace discrimination and hostility as being signals of their ineffective communication. “Yellin’ at Yellen” and a study by Dupas et al. showing similar trends in Econ seminars tell us that it’s not about us; it’s about them.
Blog here: www.cgdev.org/blog/its-not...
The 2025 IMF & World Bank #SpringMeetings are right around the corner!🌸🌍
@cgdev.org is hosting key conversations with leading global development experts and policymakers—explore our schedule of events and sign up below ⬇️
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One of the most powerful forces in politics is the urge to destroy that from which you are excluded. This is why, in the highly unequal US, support for Trump holds up even as he trashes everything that makes a good society. Equality is key to preventing fascism.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Very rough and ready estimate of the most affected countries by the new tariffs, apologies for errors. Sources in thread. Cambodia, Vietnam, Nicaragua Guyana all *highly* dependent on exports to US (= to 25%+ GNI), facing tariffs 18-38%.
"This is a defining moment for African leadership in health. By shifting the financing paradigm, Africa can pave the way for a more autonomous healthcare system."🌍
@anastassiad.bsky.social, @tomldrake.bsky.social, & Nadia Yakhelef on a new era for health in Africa:
www.cgdev.org/publication/...
Thrilled to see our analysis covered in @economist.com! US foreign aid cuts will have a devastating impact on health systems around the world.
@cgdev.org @peterbaker17.bsky.social
The UK is slashing its aid budget, following in US footsteps.
“Rather than rising to this challenge and offering emergency support, the UK is delivering another blow to health systems around the world."
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Cutting aid to fund defence, Mr Starmer, is both cruel and self-defeating. I agree we need to defend ourselves. But creating a less stable, less humane world is no way to do it.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer just cut the UK aid budget from 0.5% of GNI to 0.3% in 2027 to fund increases in defence spending.
He says he’s making tough choices, but cutting funding for the world’s poorest people is the easiest—and cruellest—choice he could make (1/4)
Since RFK Jr just got confirmed today, I am taking this chance to share this wonderful @sciam.bsky.social piece on
The Staggering Success of Vaccines
www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-...
Co-authored with @tomldrake.bsky.social and Solomon Tessema Memirie
(4/4)🏛️ Political will & governance reforms are crucial—technical solutions alone won’t suffice.
✅ Strengthening country capacity and enhancing donor accountability are key next steps.
#GlobalHealth #HealthFinancing #AidEffectiveness #NewCompact
(3/4) 🌍 Policymakers see potential in the New Compact but question donor commitment.
⛔ Fragmented aid and weak coordination are ongoing challenges.
(2/4) The New Compact is centered on:
🔹 Locally led, evidence-informed priority-setting
🔹 Domestic-first resource allocation
🔹 Consolidated supplementary aid
Key takeaways from the roundtable include...
🏦 Amid rising fiscal pressures, shifting donor priorities, & geopolitical disruptions (eg.US aid cuts), how can countries & donors collaborate to ensure sustainable health financing?
🔗A recent @cgdev.org-ACEPS roundtable w/ policymakers across Africa explored the New Compact: tinyurl.com/4fjza3t3 🧵
USAID crisis shows the global health golden age has become the age of donor instability.
A New Compact is needed to protect core services:
✅Countries prioritise & finance essential health services.
✅Donors acknowledge instability & top-up national plans.
@cgdev.org blog: cgdev.org/blog/decoupl...
🚨The Trump administration’s stop-work order highlights why we need a new model for health aid. In our latest blog, we outline how CGD's proposed New Compact approach offers a path forward. Read more: tinyurl.com/3w3ekts8
#GlobalHealth #HealthFinancing
1/ President Trump is once again pushing for US withdrawal from WHO—and proposing an "alternative" structure. But is this a real solution or just chaos in disguise? A 🧵 on our new piece @bmj.com with @kentbuse.bsky.social @chrischirp.bsky.social & Adeeba Kamarulzaman 👇
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
AMFAR has published a report on how the foreign aid freeze affects PEPFAR, which actually still hasn't resumed.
They estimate that hundreds of thousands of people lose access to HIV antivirals and 1500 babies are expected to contract HIV — *each day* 🧵
American science and medicine has been thrown into chaos and uncertainty over the past week. Here are some stories to get up to speed. 1/12
"It's a cataclysmic presidential decision. Withdrawal is a grievous wound to world health, but a still deeper wound to the US"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Why have tech billionaires cozied up to Donald Trump?
There are deeper, darker forces at play here beyond lower taxes and friendlier regulations.
Nice overview of what's at stake (for the US and the world) if the Trump Administration pulls the US out of the WHO...
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Editors can do a lot for improving equity & inclusion in global health publishing
Here are 10 suggestions from @juliarobinson.bsky.social, @ckyobutungi.bsky.social and me, based on our experience in creating PLOS GPH
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
