The World Bank’s proposal to establish a fund for Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response raises questions about the Bank’s support for private sector healthcare at the expense of public provision.
Health
IFI governance
Background
Building back better health systems: lessons from the WBG's Covid-19 response and recovery plans
Notes from the Civil Society Policy Forum session on 6 October on the World Bank's need to highlight the centrality of public healthcare systems, central to a just and equitable recovery.
Conditionality
News
The human face of the World Bank's private sector bias: The privatisation of Kenya's healthcare
A November 2021 report by the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at New York University highlights the human rights consequences of the World Bank’s Maximising Finance for Development approach.
Social services
News
World Bank abandons pandemic bond instrument after disastrous Covid-19 response
World Bank’s pandemic bond instrument scrapped after high visibility Covid-19 failure
Social services
Analysis
IMF rhetoric and practice on public sector wage constraints: Advice to slash spending continues despite Covid-19 pandemic
Forthcoming research from ActionAid International shows IMF’s dogmatic support for public sector wage bill cuts continues.
Social services
News
Malpass makes World Bank a pariah with opposition to TRIPS waiver
World Bank President comes out against temporarily waiving intellectual property rights on Covid-19 vaccines
Social services
Background
The role of the World Bank in ensuring universal and equitable COVID-19 vaccines for all
Notes from the virtual Civil Society Policy Forum event on March 26.
Social services
Background
Universal access to healthcare: Lessons learned from Public-Private Partnerships
Notes from the Civil Society Policy Forum session on 24 March.
Social services
Analysis
World Bank support for Covid-19 vaccination fails to ensure equitable access
World Bank’s Covid-19 vaccination programme contributes to global response but fails to ensure free access to vaccines and healthcare during the pandemic.
Social services
Analysis
World Bank funded $17.3 million Uganda reproductive health voucher PPP fails to reach the poorest women
World Bank backs private sector voucher project in Uganda as poorest women lose out.
Featured briefings
4 October 2023
The Bretton Woods Observer: Autumn 2023
3 October 2023
Assessing the Bretton Woods Institutions’ legacy
New collection of critical essays by authors from MENA and Sub-Saharan Africa do a retrospective of the BWIs involvement in the region, and the legacy of BWIs-supported unjust and extractionist world economic order.
2 October 2023
Reconceptualising Special Drawing Rights as a tool for development finance
Briefing examines the shortcomings of the current SDRs allocation system and calls to reform SDRs to ensure their targeted, needs-based and equitable distribution.