MDGs and the Accelerated Decline of Poverty and Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa

In a recent paper, Howard Friedman (2013) asks whether the Millennium Development Goals accelerated progress in the reduction of poverty. [1]  With respect to Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the world’s poorest region, the answer is certainly yes.  It is perhaps less true in some other regions where progress was already rapid before 2000.  Each region should [...]