How much money does it take to fund a Millennium Village?
A core aspect of the Millennium Villages is that the poverty-ending investments in agriculture, health, education, and infrastructure can be financed by donors at an incremental cost of just $50 per villager per year$250,000 per village per year. The overhead costs of managing the project in each village are also low, $50,000 per year, since the project draws upon skilled local managers who work alongside the UN Millennium Project and the Earth Institute at Columbia University. This modest investment offers the realistic prospect that a community of 5,000 men, women, and children can achieve the Millennium Development Goals and embark on a path of self-sustaining economic development. On a per person basis, the total village cost of $110 per person is comprised of: • $50 Donor funding through the Millennium Village program • $30 Local and national governments (this is most likely to include funding for interventions themselves and the provision of agricultural and health extension work
