This report builds on a joint WHO-World Bank initiative on budget execution challenges (described in more detail in Appendix 1). Following the introduction, section 2 provides an overview of core concepts from both a public financial management perspective and a health financing perspective and...

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, many national governments face significant macrofiscal challenges that make increasing resources for NCDs and mental health more difficult. Hence, the challenge for the coming years is to improve financing for NCDs and mental health in the context of tighter...

This policy brief reviews the options for increasing funding for NCDs and mental healthfrom the perspective of health ministries, finance ministries, and development agencies.This policy brief complements another policy brief, Financing for NCDs and mental health:making the money work better,...