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Join CGD's Helen Dempster at #GreenWorks4Africa in Nairobi! Helen will be speaking at the inaugural GreenWorks4Africa Forum and moderating a side event exploring how training and labour mobility can work together to build the green workforce Africa needs. The workshop will bring together government representatives, TVET leaders, employers, and migration experts from across the continent to discuss how green skills pathways can support job creation, strengthen training institutions, and deliver lasting benefits for local economies. 🗓️ Thursday, August 13 ⏰ 11:00 am-1:00 pm Featuring: 🎤 Shadrack Mwadime, Government of Kenya 🎤 Paddy Siyanga Knudsen, African Non-State Actors Platform on Migration and Development 🎤 Nomagugu Ncube, IOM Kenya 🎤 Ruto Lyoba, East Africa Institute of Welding Learn more and register today ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/eGm4BeWC Jacob's Ladder Africa (JLA), African Union, Alliance for Greening Skills and Opportunities Kenya (AGSO), FSD Africa

Neonatal sepsis kills 400,000-700,000 infants a year (for reference, malaria kills ~610,000 across all age groups). Yesterday we released our final report on NeoTest- a $60M facility to change that. The work is the product of two Center for Global Development working groups (both chaired by Lord Jim O'Neill), 3+ years of research, and input from countless economic, health, and diagnostic experts. In short: the $60M is a pot of money, committed in advance, that would be paid out to any diagnostic test meeting our target product profile. This is known as "pull" funding- attaching a financial reward to a desired (but not yet existing) product so firms are 'pulled' towards building it. NeoTest would be a highly cost-effective intervention, at $39 USD per DALY (for reference, expanding ART eligibility for people with HIV costs about $131–$1,691 per DALY). I'd recommend Section 3 for understanding the impact this could have on neonatal care and outcomes (and also for the compelling figures; one attached here!). We model that over ~15 years, we could save just shy of 110,000 newborn lives in low- and middle-income countries. For more, see the report here: https://lnkd.in/e4KXthZD #NewbornHealth #AMR #MarketShaping #Sepsis #GlobalHealth #PullFunding #Diagnostics #MaternalandChildHealth #InnovativeFinancing

As aid budgets shrink, development finance institutions are being asked to do more than ever before. But have their mandates, business models, and incentives kept pace with these growing expectations? In the latest CGD Podcast, Samantha Attridge and Nancy Lee speak with Leslie Maasdorp, CEO of British International Investment, about the future of development finance, balancing national interests with development mandates, setting reachable targets, and approaches to mobilization and prioritization. 🎧 Listen now: https://lnkd.in/e48cmKXt

As aid budgets shrink and donors rethink how they spend scarce resources, how can every dollar achieve the greatest possible impact? CGD President Rachel Glennerster, formerly Chief Economist at the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the Department for International Development (DFID), and Dean Karlan, former Chief Economist at USAID, argue that the answer is radical simplification: focus aid on a small number of interventions that have been rigorously proven to work, deliver them at scale, and avoid layering projects with multiple untested objectives. They also introduce the Smart Buys Alliance, a new initiative to promote the adoption of the world's most cost-effective development interventions. https://lnkd.in/eZbJdDZ8

Designing a Health Benefits Package is only the first step. Knowing whether it's delivering on its promise is just as important. Health Benefits Packages (HBPs) can help advance Universal Health Coverage, but their impact depends on whether people actually receive the promised services with adequate quality and financial protection. Without systematic monitoring, policymakers lack the evidence needed to identify implementation gaps and make informed improvements. In this blog, Adrian Gheorghe, Ursula Giedion, Dr. Abha Mehndiratta, Martin Sabignoso, and Rodrigo Munoz introduce two new tools to help bridge that gap: a conceptual framework for Health Benefits Package monitoring and a practical maturity assessment tool, illustrated through case studies in #Argentina and #Chile. https://lnkd.in/e2SXKHki

❓Have expectations of development finance institutions (DFIs) changed faster than the institutions themselves? DFIs are being asked to deliver more than ever before. Mobilise private capital at greater scale. Invest in tougher markets. Build local financial systems. Support climate, resilience and economic security. But have mandates, incentives and business models kept pace? That was the question Nancy Lee and I explore with Leslie Maasdorp, CEO of British International Investment, in the latest Center for Global Development podcast. It's a conversation about the future of DFIs, the difficult choices they face, and what success should look like in a very different world. 🎙️ Listen here: https://lnkd.in/eVHvqptp European DFIs - EDFIEuropean DFIs - EDFI, David KuijperDavid Kuijper, Ian Mitchell, euan ritchie, Jamie Drummond, Mikaela Gavas Matthew GuttentagMatthew Guttentag, Harry DaviesHarry Davies, Lori KerrLori Kerr, Roland SillerRoland Siller, Hélène MacéHélène Macé, Signe Kolbye SørensenSigne Kolbye Sørensen, Alexia LatortueAlexia Latortue, Neil GregoryNeil Gregory, Annemieke MokveldAnnemieke Mokveld, Joost ZuidbergJoost Zuidberg, Huib-Jan de Ruijter, CFAHuib-Jan de Ruijter, CFA, Paul HorrocksPaul Horrocks, Lasse MollerLasse Moller, Søren Peter AndreasenSøren Peter Andreasen, Manfred SchepersManfred Schepers,Umberto Marengo Valahu PhilippeValahu Philippe, Iftin FatahIftin Fatah, Wade PaulWade Paul, Martin KoehringMartin Koehring, Frederique DahanFrederique Dahan Hans Peter LankesHans Peter Lankes

Dean Karlan and I independently realized, as Chief Economists of the US and UK aid agencies, that radical simplification was key to making these agencies more evidence based and cost-effectiveness. Both USAID and DFID/FCDO funded programs that had been found by rigorous evidence to be highly cost-effective but they also funded a lot of less evidenced interventions and it was hard to even assess how much was being spent on highly cost-effective interventions because every program included multiple components each covering multiple interventions. In a new joint blog we make the case for a new approach. https://lnkd.in/efput5BE

What is the best way to finance essential medicines and health supplies, centrally or through decentralized systems? New research from Sophie Witter, Anooj Pattnaik, Marianne Moussallem, and Pete Baker finds there is no universally optimal approach. Drawing on country evidence, a literature review, and expert consultation, the authors show that different supply chain financing functions work best at different levels. Functions requiring scale and technical expertise tend to perform better nationally, while service-delivery functions such as ordering and last-mile distribution can benefit from decentralization when local capacity exists. The paper also finds that governance structure and institutional capacity are key determinants of supply chain financing performance and should be in place before decentralization is enacted. Without predictable, adequate fiscal transfers, decentralization is likely to worsen outcomes. https://lnkd.in/eb9RKmTe