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Blog Post
November 25, 2020
As COVID-19 vaccines begin to emerge, policymakers around the world are feeling buoyant. Although governments will be the initial recipients of vaccines, their decisions on how to distribute these among their populations will be fundamental for the ultimate recipients: individuals.
Blog Post
September 15, 2020
One of the greatest challenges for any health system facing COVID-19 is the equitable and efficient allocation of scarce resources. With health systems stretched, and concerns about COVID-19 vaccine nationalism, machine learning presents a valuable opportunity to help guide decisions on the allocati...
CGD NOTES
August 21, 2020
The global public health response to COVID-19 is pivoting from high-income European countries to MICs predominantly in Asia and South America. Effective test, trace, and isolate systems may be particularly valuable in MICs, where social and economic circumstances do not support large and long-term l...
Blog Post
July 27, 2020
Case numbers and deaths continue to rise in Colombia, and the challenges ahead are significant. In a recent note, we look behind these numbers to understand Colombia’s policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic to date. We offer six recommendations for policymakers, aimed at supporting economic and h...
CGD NOTES
July 27, 2020
In this note, we review Colombia's handling of the COVID-19 crisis. The first line of policy response slowed down the pace of contagion and avoided excess deaths, providing additional time to strengthen the health system and increase ICU capacity. However, the challenges that remain are significant....
Blog Post
May 11, 2020
In late April, CGD’s senior fellow Liliana Rojas-Suarez and distinguished non-resident fellow Mauricio Cárdenas participated in an event organized by Columbia University to discuss the economic prospects in Latin America. They were joined by the director of sovereign ratings at Fitch, Richard Franci...