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WASHINGTON (May 29, 2013) \u2013 New analysis published today in The ONE Campaign\u2019s 2013 DATA Report<\/a> shows that 30 countries in sub-Saharan Africa have accelerated progress in the last three years on reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and 16 are on track to cut extreme poverty in half by 2015. But further momentum is at risk due to laggard countries where progress has stalled or gone into reverse, as governments across sub-Saharan Africa are set to fall short of their own development commitments by an estimated $243 billion by 2015.<\/p>\n

According to ONE\u2019s 2013 DATA Report, \u2018Financing the Fight for Africa\u2019s Transformation<\/a>\u2019,<\/strong> top performing countries include Rwanda, Uganda, Malawi, Ghana and Ethiopia.\u00a0But at the same time some very large countries, such as Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo, are failing in many areas and slowing down regional progress.<\/p>\n

The report is the only major study to rank countries on their overall progress on the MDGs and also assess the contribution that sub-Saharan African countries\u2019 own spending is having on their performance.<\/p>\n

The findings show a clear correlation between African countries that are allocating a greater share of government spending to health, education and agriculture over the past decade and improved MDG progress in those areas.\u00a0 From 2000 to 2011, Ethiopia lifted an estimated 10 million people out of extreme poverty, and over the same period the government spent nearly 45% of its total budget on health, education and agriculture.<\/p>\n

Tom Hart, US Executive Director of ONE said:<\/p>\n

\u201cThis data shows that when developing countries go all out to improve health, education and agriculture, amazing things can happen.\u00a0 As world leaders debate future anti-poverty goals, they must not lose sight of achieving the existing ones.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a make-or-break moment. Those countries in Africa that are lagging behind should be inspired by neighbors that are making dramatic progress. And donor countries must deliver on their promises to Africa too. In the next thousand days, we need a sprint finish for the Millennium Development Goals.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Looking ahead, the report finds that if African governments met their own political commitments to spend a certain proportion of their budgets on health, education, and agriculture, the results could be transformative.<\/p>\n

For example, if Nigeria were to meet its health spending commitment each year from now until 2015, the projected additional<\/em> funding of $22.5 billion could provide anti-malarial bed nets to every citizen, fully vaccinate every young child against deadly childhood diseases and provide anti-retroviral treatment to every person who is HIV positive.\u00a0 Across all sub-Saharan African countries, an estimated $243 billion in additional resources could be deployed for health, agriculture, and education if governments met their existing political commitments.<\/p>\n

The full report can be downloaded here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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