http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/f618747c121ff885 https://verfassungsblog.de/closing-the-accountability-gap/ Closing the Accountability Gap - The Role of Consultants in WHO Reform Hanrieder, Tine Eckl, Julian eng 2024-03-27 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 COVID-19 World Health Assembly World Health Organization (WHO) COVID-19 World Health Assembly Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 In their latest ‘WHO transformation’ (which began in 2017), the WHO hired at least six consulting firms, praised by the Director-General as the ‘best firms in the world’. Despite their prominent role in WHO processes and reform efforts, there is a clear accountability gap in their role at WHO. Consultant engagement contributes to a trend towards informal governance and public-private collusions in an organization that looks less and less like a public authority.