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5                 PAYING FOR VACCINES                  There is a funding gap across ACT-A for both 2021 and


                                                                2022 for all four pillars of work. To vaccinate just 27
                                                                percent of the population this year in 92 low- and middle-
                                                                income countries is expected to cost US$9.3 billion.
                           THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR
                           AND BEYOND
                                                                For 2021, the outstanding funding gap across all four
                                                                ACT-A pillars amounts to US$18.5 billion . Advanced
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                                                                economies must fill these gaps with grant funding
                                                                this year to complement domestic resources being
                                                                mobilized in these markets.

                                                                Alternative sources of financing via multilateral
                                                                development banks, the private sector and domestic
                                                                resources must be pursued. The G7 and G20 should
                                                                embrace a pathway towards using special drawing
                                                                rights (SDRs) to backstop increased lending to fund
                                                                pandemic response in 2022 and beyond.


                                                                Anything less will not only condemn millions in the
                                                                developing world to untimely deaths but will allow
                                                                Covid-19 variants to spread, potentially creating a
                                                                never-ending cycle of pandemic after pandemic.

















































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