Harnessing the Commercial Health Sector in Africa: The Devil is in the Details

May 07, 2007

The International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm of the World Bank, is in discussions to create new equity and debt funds of up to $500 million to finance commercial healthcare projects in Africa. CGD visiting fellow April Harding, an expert on private sector healthcare in the developing world and the author of a forthcoming book on the subject, welcomes the move but warns that the devil will be in the details.
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