Donor Perspectives on Innovative Financing for Global Health
Donor assistance for health-related activities in developing countries has grown rapidly in the last several years. Unfortunately, the levels of aid still fall far short of what is needed to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. Additionally, shifting policy priorities and fluctuations in aid funding create ongoing challenges for donor agencies and aid recipients as they try to project and plan for global health needs. To help address these issues, policymakers and the private sector have developed a number of new, innovative financing tools to generate health aid more efficiently and effectively.
On October 22, Brookings hosted a discussion of key issues in innovative financing for global health from the donors’ perspective with a distinguished panel of international government officials. Panelists included Caroline Kayonga, Rwanda; Owen Barder, United Kingdom; Carlo Monticelli, Italy; Jean-Michel Severino, France; and, Ruud Treffers, The Netherlands. Brookings’s David de Ferranti introduced and moderated the discussion.
Agenda
Introduction and Moderator
David de Ferranti
Former Brookings Expert
Panelists
Jürgen Karl Zattler
Director General - German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Pierre Jacquet
President - Global Development Network
Ruud Treffers
Director-General of International Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands
Carlo Monticelli
Director, International Financial Relations Department, Ministry of Economics and Finance, Italy
Caroline Kayonga
Permanent Secretary of Health, Rwanda
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