nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/f618747c121ff885 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 240327s2024||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/f618747c121ff885 doi eng 342 23 Hanrieder, Tine Author aut Closing the Accountability Gap - The Role of Consultants in WHO Reform Hanrieder, Tine Verfassungsblog 2024-03-27 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier 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. CC BY-SA 4.0 COVID-19 World Health Assembly World Health Organization (WHO) (DE-588)1206347392 gnd COVID-19 (DE-588)128550-6 gnd World Health Assembly Eckl, Julian Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/closing-the-accountability-gap/ raw object