Finance Vaccine Equity: Funding for Day-Zero of the Next Pandemic

May 26, 2022

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Ruchir Agarwal, and Tristan Reed. Finance Vaccine Equity: Funding for Day-Zero of the Next Pandemic, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2022) accessed December 30, 2024

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Summary

A lack of timely financing for purchases of vaccines and other health products impeded the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on analysis of contract signature and delivery dates in COVID-19 vaccine advance purchase agreements, this paper finds that 60-75 percent of the delay in vaccine deliveries to low- and middle-income countries is attributable to their signing purchase agreements later than high-income countries, which placed them further behind in the delivery line. A pandemic Advance Commitment Facility with access to a credit line on day-zero of the next pandemic could allow low- and middle-income countries to secure orders earlier, ensuring a much faster and equitable global response than during COVD-19. The paper outlines four options for a financier to absorb some or all of the risk associated with the credit line and discusses how the credit would complement other proposals to strengthen the financing architecture for pandemic preparedness, prevention, and response.

Subject: COVID-19, Financial institutions, Health, Lines of credit, Population and demographics

Keywords: And response, Preparedness, COVID-19, Delivery data, Economic crisis, Emergency financing facility, Financing vaccine equity, Global, Health product, Lines of credit, Next pandemic, Pandemic advance commitment facility, Pandemic bond, Pandemic preparedness partnership, Pandemics, Prevention, Purchase contract date, Signing purchase agreements, Systemic risks, Working paper series

Publication Details

Pages:

30
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Working Paper No. 2022/099
Stock No:

WPIEA2022099
ISBN:

9798400210570
ISSN:

1018-5941

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