“It appears that he is committed to health and education, which are nearly all of the millennium development goals. We'll be watching him very closely over the next few months to see whether he follows up on that.”
“We are really depressed. We are left clawing our way back to commitments made three years ago. When we start defining success as simply standing still, that's a terrible situation to be in.”
“It's good that the IMF realized that they couldn't wriggle out of promised debt cancellation. The IMF must now deliver the funding quickly and without any further delay.”