MDB health spending

[jm-rivera]

To partly respond to your question @jm-rivera, the initial request to show specific health area flows to regions, was to understand whether there are any patterns, e.g., does MDB lending tend to flow to health infrastructure rather than disease specific programs? I was more interested in individual MDBs, like the WB or AfDB but didn't want another layer to complicate the chart. I wanted to then add a qualitative layer, by looking at these MDBs strategies that might be able to reinforce any trends, e.g. AfDB has a clear strategy that positions it as a health infrastructure financier (again this might not mean anything in terms of what any trend data shows, but thought worth a try).

This thread has been very helpful in clarifying some aspects of what we can and cannot do with the available database.

If possible, I would like to carve out some time at a later stage to understand this better. Happy to be specific about what we want users to see with charts and explain what I want to show, but sometimes it's the process of data mining that clarifies what we can and should be showing. This is a separate conversation, but wanted to flag here for reference.

Originally posted by @TheebikaS in #21 (comment)

[jm-rivera]

@TheebikaS let's continue this bit of the conversation/analysis here. It's certainly something we can continue exploring in parallel/beyond what the page will look at.

It's very important analysis indeed - especially because you'll be able to add a layer of qualitative analysis, which the topic page isn't really designed for.

In terms of strategy going forward, may it help to just look at the World Bank and AfDB? I can provide quite detailed sector data in a friendly format for you to start exploring.

What do you think?

[TheebikaS]

This would be incredibly useful! Yes, WB and AfDB would be a good start.

In terms of timing, I can work around you, but would you know roughly when you'd be able to provide that sector data in a friendly format.

Thanks,
Theebika

[TheebikaS]

Hi @jm-rivera , let me know whether and when would be good to pick this up? I'm planning to do this analysis as part of the Health use case in MDB optimization.

Thank you,
Theebika