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WORKING PAPER
September 10, 2025
The absence of a coordinated global financing mechanism during COVID-19 deepened inequities and economic losses. A pre-approved “Day Zero Financing” liquidity line backed by multilateral banks and donors could provide a cost-effective mechanism to ensure faster, fairer access to vaccines, tests, and...
WORKING PAPER
August 26, 2025
Kuznets’s prediction that inequality would fall after structural transformation faces major obstacles in today’s globalized economy, including tax evasion by elites, restrictions on labor migration, and climate damage. While some countries show signs of transformation through growth and urbanization...
WORKING PAPER
August 25, 2025
Triggers—criteria that activate alerts, financing, or response measures—are central to pandemic decision-making but remain unevenly applied and often implicit. A new framework could guide high-quality trigger design in pandemic financing and response, improving their effectiveness, reliability, and ...
CGD NOTE
August 13, 2025
The global response to COVID-19 saw rapid vaccine development and ambitious efforts like COVAX to ensure equitable access, but national self-interest ultimately prevailed, leaving many countries without timely supplies and sparking calls to diversify vaccine manufacturing. While numerous fragmented ...
CGD NOTE
August 13, 2025
Pakistan’s experience with digital ID systems under Tariq Malik highlights how digital infrastructure can improve services and empower citizens. While reforms that lower costs face less resistance, those challenging elite interests often encounter strong pushback. Sustaining innovation requires lega...
