Gayle Smith is USAID administrator.
Gayle Smith(Since 1990) "every continent has seen substantial gains, with individual incomes growing by more than a third in every region of the developing world."
"Over the last 30 years, extreme poverty has been cut in half."
As a sign of "extraordinary progress," "there are half as many (primary-age) children out of school today as there were 15 years ago."