Financialization Won’t Improve Global Health
Project Syndicate • 2/3/2026
Summary
Donors are proposing to replace the grant-based approach to global health financing with instruments that mobilize more private capital. This new architecture is said to distort the risk landscape by socializing losses while privatizing profits and control.
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