OECD: grants to CEPI for corona vaccine research do ‘not count as ODA’

Back in March, Development Today asked the OECD whether donors’ contributions to CEPI for work on developing a coronavirus vaccine could be counted as aid. Since then, the Paris-based organisation has been flooded with similar queries. The OECD now provides a definitive response: “Research for a vaccine for COVID-19 would not count as ODA.”