This report shows that building strong public services in developing countries is at the heart of making poverty history doing this could transform the lives of millions of people and with political leadership is well within the grasp of our generation governments must take responsibility for providing essential services that are well staffed affordable . Building strong public services for all is hardly a new idea it is the foundation upon which todays rich country societies are built more recently other developing countries have followed suit with impressive results sri lanka malaysia and kerala state in india for example have within a generation made advances in health and education that took industrialised countries 200 years to . This report shows that building strong public services in developing countries is at the heart of making poverty history doing this could transform the lives of millions of people and with political leadership is well within the grasp of our generation governments must take responsibility for providing essential services that are well staffed affordable for even the poorest people and . Classrooms with teachers clinics with nurses and running taps for millions of people across the developing world these things are a distant dream yet it is these vital public services that are key to transforming the lives of people living in poverty download file public interestpdf public interest summarypdf. Crin is a global childrens rights advocacy network