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[maxerickson]

Largely by funding the effort.

http://www.polioeradication.org/Portals/0/Document/Financing...

Which I don't mean as a criticism, it's just that they aren't really driving the effort, they are participating by providing a lot of resources.

[SEJeff → maxerickson]

Based on that link, the Gates foundation is providing $2.86 billion. The second biggest donor is the US Government at $2.64 billion.

I'd consider the entity with the most money in the game as the driver of really anything.