This session  is based on the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) – Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation(BMGF)- collaborative research project on “Evidence to drive reforms for Special Drawing Rights (SDR) financing in SSA economic recovery” that aims at situating  the role of SDRs and informing plans and the needed policy reforms to access the RST financing considering the shocks and the spectre of debt distress hovering over the continent. Leading experts  from different institutions will share insights from their latest research on debt restructuring and SDR reallocation in Africa and engage in a dynamic discussion on the value proposition for enhanced SDR allocations for African countries; the institutional barriers and conditionalities presenting constraints to African countries and; going beyond SDR: the possibilities and options that exist for SDR facilities to leverage productive investment and thereby increase domestic resource mobilizations.