About the Author

Ruth Levine, PhD is a Senior Fellow and Director of Programs at the Center for Global Development (CGD) and head of CGD’s Global Health Policy Research Network. An expert on health and education, she was previously a Senior Economist at the World Bank and Social Sectors Advisor at the Inter-American Development Bank. She has worked in 14 developing countries and on global programs such as the Global Alliance on Vaccines and Immunization. Ms. Levine holds a doctoral degree in economics and public health from Johns Hopkins University and is co-author of The Health of Women in Latin America and the Caribbean and Making Markets for Vaccines: Ideas to Action.