African Countries Top List of 20 Countries Making Most MDG Progress
From End Poverty 2015:
As G-8 and G-20 leaders prepare to gather in Canada, new analysis issued by the Overseas DevelopmentInstitute (ODI) and the United Nations Millennium Campaign finds that,in absolute terms, many of the world’s poorest countries are making themost overall progress towards achieving the Millennium DevelopmentGoals (MDGs) – the set of promises world leaders made to significantlyreduce extreme poverty, illiteracy and disease by 2015. Particularlyrelevant for G-8 countries are the findings which underline theimportance of open trade and effective and timely aid in driving thissuccess. For poor countries, political leadership, accountability andadequate budgetary allocations for the Goals are cited as key criteriato drive sustained progress.Eleven of the 20 countries making the most absolute progress on theMDGs are amongst the poorest countries in Africa; half of Africancountries are on track to meet the target of halving poverty by 2015.