The Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility (PEF) – a financing mechanism housed at the World Bank – is designed to provide an additional source of financing to help the world’s poorest countries respond to cross-border, large-scale outbreaks. The PEF complements the much larger role that IDA, the World Bank’s fund for the poorest countries, and other international organizations and donors play in financing outbreak response. The PEF’s design is unique in that payments can go directly to governments and pre-approved frontline responder organizations (such as WHO & UNICEF) and it can do so through either its cash window -- or once triggered through its insurance window.
Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility (PEF) Framework
PEF Operational Brief
PEF Operations Manual
PEF Accreditation Guidelines
PEF Prospectus (Term Sheet)
PEF Brochure | Spanish | French | Russian
Request for Funds Application Forms
FORM A: Cash Window Application Form
FORM B: Insurance Window Application Form | Country Implementation Modality
FORM C: Insurance Window Application Form | Responding Agency Implementation Modality (Regional/Global)
FORM D: Insurance Window Application Form | Responding Agency Implementation Modality (Fragile State)
Publication
From Panic and Neglect to Investing in Health Security Financing Pandemic Preparedness at a National Level
Contact
PEF Coordinator
The Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility (PEF) – a financing mechanism housed at the World Bank – is designed to provide an additional source of financing to help the world’s poorest countries respond to cross-border, large-scale outbreaks. The PEF complements the much larger role that IDA, the World Bank’s fund for the poorest countries, and other international organizations and donors play in financing outbreak response. The PEF’s design is unique in that payments can go directly to governments and pre-approved frontline responder organizations (such as WHO & UNICEF) and it can do so through either its cash window -- or once triggered through its insurance window.
Last Updated: May 07, 2019