In this episode of Boss Files,

If the U.S. doesn't keep up its funding for foreign aid or other countries don't, we will fall back.

Bill's Bill's Melinda Gates.

She and her husband Bill want to make sure the world is tracking global progress on solving some of the biggest issues,

from eradicating poverty to child mortality and maternal death.

Bill and I believe in equality.

We believe that all lives, no matter where you're born on this planet, have equal value.

They've launched the annual Goldkeeper report from now until 2030 to track the progress we're

making on achieving the UN's sustainable development goals. So what sparked this and what is their hope?

I sat down with Melinda Gates in New York to ask her.

Here's my conversation with Melinda Gates.

You and Bill have launched what is this annual goalkeeper report.

From now until 2030, obviously, when the SDGs, the Sustainable Development Goals will hopefully

be met by the world community.

And it's to make sure that every dollar spent to alleviate poverty has maximum impact.

What sparked this?

What was the need to track it like this so publicly?

Well, we realized that these goals were set by 193 nations two years ago, 2015, and two years

have already passed and we're on our way to 2030.

And we realize that if we want to make progress against these goals, we have to track

and report on the data because that progress is what makes things change, but

the progress isn't inevitable. And without data, we won't know year by year how we're doing.

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