Strategic purchasing research brief 4: Matching supply and need

Percept
March 2025
Shivani Ranchod, Anja Smith and Jodi Wishnia | December 2019
In this brief…
In this research brief we will explore rigidities in the supply-side including the geographical maldistribution of resources and structural impediments to innovation. Given that the Fund is intending to purchase additional services from providers who are currently working predominantly or exclusively in the private sector, understanding the need and how the existing supply across sectors can meet this (if at all), is critical to building the right framework, figuring out who to contract and how best to pay them.