Historically, aid was discussed largely in terms of the total amount of money invested. But now that we are measuring indicators like child mortality more precisely, people are able to see the impact that aid has in stark terms – that it means the difference between, say, giving people access to HIV treatment and letting them die.
从历史上看，援助通常会以总投资资金规模为标准进行讨论。但如今我们在使用儿童死亡率等指标进行更精确的衡量，人们可以通过解读明确的指标检查援助的效果，这意味着类似于让人们获得HIV治疗和让他们死去之间的区别。