1. Key question: Do we have the mechanisms in place to scale up external funding for data and to accelerate innovation & learning?

2. Challenges in meeting complex investment needs
Insufficient operational knowledge & capacity, so finance must:
Generate quality demand at scale
Stimulate innovation in design and execution
Propagate learning
Ensure rigorous M&E; consider performance-based payments

3. Some lessons from the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Transparent, independent evaluation of proposals reconciled country ownership with adherence to best practice
Rising share of blending: (PRODUCT)RED, co-investments by private philanthropy, market-maker for drugs & commodities
Mobilization of stakeholders proved critical
Transparent, performance-based use of resources
Rapid innovation, learning, and propagation of operational experience, e.g. through:
Funding windows
Disbursements to multiple groups
Presence in all “operating environments”