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.

The deal that has been sealed by the Fund this weekend will provide urgently needed money for education and health care,

It's a major undertaking, and that's what the Council on Postsecondary Education is directing all its goals toward. The recommended numbers weren't going to get us there, but it is an important step toward the goal.

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.

It seems unbelievable that the IMF is now boldly undoing the debt deal…agreed at its own annual meetings in September.

The IMF realized that the world was watching, and they couldn't deny millions of people the promised debt cancellation.