- Economic
growth. Mozambique's economy grew almost 6 percent each year throughout
the 1990s. (The US had an average yearly growth rate of 3.9 percent
between 1994 and 1997.)
- Poverty
reduction. Uganda cut its poverty rate nearly in half between 1992
and 2000.
- Democratization.
Since 1990, more than 40 African countries have held multiparty elections,
and the African press has enjoyed increasing freedom from governmental
interference.
- Access
to education. In Chad, the enrollment of girls in primary school
reached 58 percent in 2001, almost twice what it was in 1994.
- Improved
health. Burkina Faso achieved an 84 percent tuberculosis vaccination
rate for infants (surpassing its target of 80 percent).
Information
drawn from "Can Africa Claim The 21st Century?", the regional
brief of the World Bank Group in Africa, and "Achieving the Millennium
Development Goals in Africa." All are available from the World Bank's
Africa
Home Page.