Since the Millennium Development Goals were signed, new investments in the fight against poverty have produced real results and improved the lives of millions of people. The numbers speak for themselves: an estimated 3.2 million Africans are currently receiving life-saving HIV/AIDS treatment (up from 50,000 in 2002), and 88 million bed nets to protect families from malaria have been delivered by the Global Fund alone. Progress has also been made in getting children into school. Estimates show 34 million African children went to school for the first time between 1999 and 2006, thanks in part to savings from debt relief and development assistance for education.These results are evidence that development assistance can have a transformative impact in the world's poorest countries, especially when it is combined with committed and transparent leadership and policies aimed at economic growth.
-Molly McNeill
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