R4D is leading the formation of an assessment center for innovative global health R&D policy and finance proposals. The focus is on proposed new ideas aimed at accelerating the development of drugs and other health technologies for neglected diseases.

R4D, in partnership with RAND Corporation and Economist Intelligence Unit, is leading an indicator scoping exercise to identify a set of indicators to monitor and evaluate the role of private sector provision of health related goods and services to fulfill the needs of the World Bank's Flagship Report, The Business of Health in Africa.

In light of current gaps in public stewardship of private providers in developing countries, the Brookings Institution's Engelberg Center for US Health Reform partners with R4D to explore lessons drawn from the US health system that can be applied to developing countries that also have complex mixed public/private health systems.

As a first step in the development of an ongoing cross-learning platform, six countries and their development partners will convene a joint learning workshop in Delhi, India on February 3 – 5, 2010. The workshop will bring together practitioners to share learning around the successes and problem-solve around the challenges of implementing demand-side health financing reforms to expand health coverage. 

The Health Financing Task Force promotes improved use of evidence, knowledge dissemination, and impartial policy dialogue on new ideas in health financing. It aims to engage public and private sector interest and catalyze action to support pro-poor health financing policies. R4D serves as the Secretariat for the Task Force.