Preventable and treatable injuries and diseases are overwhelming sub-Saharan Africa, the Indian subcontinent, and other impoverished areas of the world. Why are health outcomes among the world’s poor so dire after the first decade of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and despite a...

This paper discusses two effective mechanisms for rechannelling Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) arguing that among the two: either through Multilateral Development Banks (MDB) or the Liquidity and Sustainability Facility (LSF), the former is the most effective for African countries. The paper...