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This panel will bring together leading figures to assess the UK’s approach to funding for refugees in the light of international rules, outline best practice and consider how the UK and other countries can better-manage hosting refugees alongside their development commitments. It will also consider the implications for the UK’s ODA budget going forward.

Health aid has contributed to historic gains in global health, but it can also be volatile, fragmented, and even displace domestic finances. What’s more, it can prevent countries from setting their own priorities, which is worsened by a lack of equitable aid exit strategy. Health financing requires rethinking to be more effective, better prepared for the future, and better aligned with recipient country priorities.

Following promising clinical trial results, the first oral antiviral treatments for COVID-19 received emergency use authorization in late 2021. Since then, manufacturers, global health funders, and other partners have focused on ramping up global supply, including via test-and-treat pilot programs. Still, access to these treatments remains highly concentrated in wealthier countries.

Join the Center for Global Development for an expert panel discussion on the current market for assistive technology, the challenges of accessing AT in LMICs, and opportunities for targeted policy interventions in this issue domain.

Global growth is slowing, and inflation has reached the highest levels seen in decades. The cost-of-living crisis has led to rising malnutrition and real income losses for households around the world. How can fiscal policy protect basic living standards when public finances are already strained after the pandemic? How can governments build a resilient society and reverse setbacks to poverty reduction?