Priya Basu is the Executive Head of the Secretariat for the newly established the Pandemic Fund, hosted by the World Bank. Priya has also been serving as head of the Secretariat for the COVID-19 task ...

“It’s been very challenging in some ways to work with so many stakeholders,” Priya Basu said of We-Fi, the World Bank “start-up” that provides loans, mentorship and other services to ...

Mumbai: Most mornings, Priya Basu travels to the other side of the world from her office in Washington, DC. The World Bank’s lead economist for South Asia rarely ventures out of a long ...

More than 100 low- and middle-income countries have put in early bids for at least $5.5 billion from a fund that initially has only $300 million to spend to help them better prepare for pandemics.

Priya Basu, Executive Head of the Pandemic Fund at the World Bank (Photo/ANI)© Provided by Asian News International (ANI) ...

Basu's appointment comes at a time when the bank, the world's largest development institution, is under close scrutiny following the selection of Jim Yong Kim, a medical doctor and public-health ...

The World Bank's fund to help developing countries better prepare for pandemics has raised $667 million from the United States and $54 million from Germany, moving it closer towards its goal of ...

By Priya Basu It is Monday morning in the country office of the World Bank in New Delhi. I have spent a good part of the last four years here, leading the bank’s finance and private sector ...

Priya Basu | She lobbies governments to ensure the poor have a chanceThe World Bank’s lead economist for South Asia rarely ventures out of a long conference room with a red mahogany table and ...

India has made significant efforts to strengthen its healthcare infrastructure after the COVID-19 pandemic, said Priya Basu, Executive Head of the Pandemic Fund at the World Bank.