Policy — Thoughts — Simon Reid-Henry

Why We Need Global Public Investment after COVID-19

It has been heartening this June to watch the latest Gavi (the Vaccine Alliance) pledging round raise US$8.8 billion, partly in response to Covid-19. It would be more heartening if we didn’t have to live on tenterhooks always, unsure if the goodwill to meet this or that international need will eventually be found. Or whether, as with the US’s denial of contributions to the World Health Organization, it might even be withdrawn. This is the idea behind Global Public Investment…

Global Public Investment, PolicySimon Reid-HenryJuly 20, 2020Global Public Investment

The WHO and the future of international public finance

In a co-authored piece with Jonathan Glennie, we ask whether Trump’s freezing of US contributions to the WHO provides the opening for a more radical rethink of international public finance for equality and sustainability.

Covid-19, PolicySimon Reid-HenryApril 28, 2020Covid-19, Global Public Investment

Do you speak humanitarian?

Today I attended the launch of round two of the Norwegian Centre for Humanitarian Studies in Oslo. There are now over half a million humanitarian professionals and between 2,500 and 4,500 organisations…