Global Health, Aid and Corruption: Can We Escape the Scandal Cycle? [CGD]

Center for Global Development [to 18 June 2016]
http://www.cgdev.org/page/press-center

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6/14/16
Global Health, Aid and Corruption: Can We Escape the Scandal Cycle?
William Savedoff, Amanda Glassman, and Janeen Madan
Global health action has been remarkably successful at saving lives and preventing illness in many of the world’s poorest countries. This is a key reason that funding for global health initiatives has increased in the last twenty years. Nevertheless, financial support is periodically jeopardized when scandals erupt over allegations of corruption, sometimes halting health programs altogether.