As we get updates from people working on the ground, living in, or visiting the Millennium Villages in Africa we will post them here.
This front page Financial Times article is about an independent review, by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) of the Millennium Villages project that found the project has achieved "remarkable results"!
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ad7f49bc-a9cb-11dd-958b-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1 -- (FT online is free to register)
You can also read the ODI report here: http://www.odi.org.uk/projects/details/?id=270&title=Millennium+Villages+Project+Review