●Constituency Analysis
Equitable access to decision-making is one of the most important principles advocated in global health. Yet, this dataset reveals major disparities in who has decision-making power in global health public-private partnerships.
About Our Constituency Analysis
Who governs global health public-private partnerships? This is the question that jump-started this transparency project. Our dataset shows big inequalities in who has access to decision-making seats on partnership boards.
Key Findings
630 actors have seats on at least one of the 73 partnerships in the dataset.
Representatives from high-income countries overwhelmingly hold the most seats on partnership governing boards.
Public sector representatives hold 41% of seats in partnerships.
High-income country governments have more seats than their counterparts in low, lower-middle, and upper-middle-income countries combined.
There is significant diversity in the type of not-for-profit representatives on partnership boards.
Grassroots community organizations are least represented in governing boards, with just 2% of seats as a constituency.
The World Health Organization, United States government, and Gates Foundation are governors in the most amount of partnerships.
69%
Of board governing seats held by high-income countries representatives.
3%
Of board governing seats held by low-income countries representatives.
Distribution by Constituency
Usually, board members are simply divided into “public” and “private” sector categories. However, there is diversity within these broad groups. This dataset tracks 11 distinct constituencies with board seats in global health public-private partnerships. States, international organizations, and academic institutions have the largest proportion of seats.
Distribution By Region
Using the World Health Organization definition of regions, this dataset tracks where each board governor is based. Because international organizations have a global mandate, they are categorized as global. Regional organizations are categorized based on the region they serve. By far representatives from the Americas and Europe have the most board seats. The Eastern Mediterranean holds the least amount of seats.
Distribution By Income
The most stark disparities are clear when governors are categorized by income. High-income country representatives hold 23 times more seats than their low-income country counterparts.
Constituency Distribution By Income
When looking at the data with consideration of constituency and income, interesting patterns emerge. For every constituency, with the exception of community, high-income country representatives have more seats than all other country income-levels combined.
Constituency Governing Actors
There are 630 actors with board seats in the 73 partnerships in this dataset. However, most (526) of these actors are governing members of only one partnership. Fifty-three actors have a governing role in just 2 partnerships and 18 actors have a role in 3 partnerships. 30 actors have governing memberships in 4 or more partnerships, with the World Health Organizations, United States government, and Gates Foundation at the top of that list. The chart on the right shows the 30 actors with the most number of memberships in global health public-private partnerships.
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