ActionAid and Public Services International (PSI) published a study documenting how the IMF forced austerity policies that severely damaged public health systems in many poor countries prior to the Covid-19 pandemic.
“The analysis, released to mark UN Public Service Day (June 23), shows that every single low-income country which received IMF advice to cut or freeze public employment in the past three years had already been identified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as facing a critical health worker shortage.”
Key findings include:
“Of the 57 countries last identified by the WHO as facing critical health worker shortages, 24 received advice from the IMF to cut or freeze public sector wages.
