on April 19, 2024
Dear Colleagues,
This newsletter issue will first of all focus on theIMF/WB Spring Meetings in Washington DC. A Guardian opinion by L Elliott put the stakes rather aptly over the weekend: “ Are the octogenarian IMF and World Bank sprightly enough for the job? “ You probably have as many doubts as I have. Among others, the replenishment of the International Development Association (IDA) -the World Bank’s concessional lending arm to the world’s poorest countries – is being discussed this week. While decisions are only expected later this year in this respect, with this ‘Banga Bucks’ discussion ‘the ‘Replenishment Season’ has officially opened. The GAVI Replenishment in June will be a first milestone.
When it comes to global health fundraising, I have the following humble advice for the ‘Replenishers’. It is long overdue to link global health replenishments to global tax justice, and not just leave this fight anymore to Oxfam, the Tax Justice Network and other activists...