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Soul searching at the World Bank about how to finance response to the next pandemic

News October 24, 2024 / By: Ann Danaiya Usher

During the covid pandemic, the World Bank, bound by its country-based model, was unable to put its considerable financial weight behind pooled procurement of vaccines for lower-income countries. Now, the bank is doing some soul searching about how it could make “day zero” financing available at the start of the next pandemic.

covid ... Ezra Acayan World Bank.jpg — Photo by Ezra Acayan / World Bank

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Special Report

Soul searching at the World Bank about how to finance response to the next pandemic

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