Opportunities to support the U.S. Agency for International Development in global health programming continue to grow with the release of business forecast data for the second quarter of 2021. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, forecast data showed a dramatic shift in Q3 2020 away from a focus on economic growth and toward health. The latest quarter’s data values new opportunities in the health sector at $20.7 billion — a $19.3 billion increase on the value of such opportunities a year earlier.
The overall forecast data for Q2 2021 lists 291 opportunities worth $34.1 billion — a new record in the data that dates back to 2015 and a 17% increase on Q1 2021.
Despite this growth, USAID explained in the Q2 2021 business call — which took place on March 10 — that changes under President Joe Biden’s new administration might see shifting priorities. But the forecast will remain an important avenue to understand future organizational shifts and what this will mean for private sector engagement.