They issued a joint statement hailing the "very significant progress" made in the talks.
A government spokeswoman said: "This NAO report recognises the significant progress made since 2011 but highlights where more needs to be done.
The official gave no details of the discussion but said: "During the meeting, the significant progress made since the Berlin meeting until today was noted.
The recent violence threatens to reverse the significant progress made this year in preventing polio in Pakistan, one of only three countries where the disease is endemic.
For the banks themselves, the lending splurge threatens to undo significant progress made in recent years in reducing ratios of problem loans to total lending.
The first nine months performance demonstrates the banks' commitment to providing businesses with the financial support they need to invest and grow and the significant progress made since February this year.
Last week, the UN's children's agency, Unicef, said that despite the significant progress made in cutting child deaths since 1990, the MDG to reduce child mortality by two-thirds by 2015 would not be achieved until 2028 without greater effort.
In a statement Friday, Mr. Parsons said the board was "confident in our management" and that the stress test process clearly reflected "the significant progress made by this management team over the last 15 months to turn Citi around".
Fox, speaking on the steps of the Pentagon after meeting Gates, said: "We have seen significant progress made in the last 72 hours with Gaddafi's forces losing their grip on Misrata and we have received reports of under-age soldiers and foreign mercenaries being captured – this underlines the regimes inability to rely on its own security forces.
The members of the Task Force on Transforming New York's Juvenile Justice System, appointed by Gov. David A. Paterson, recognize the significant progress made in the last two years under the leadership of Gladys Carrión, commissioner of the Office of Children and Family Services, but much still needs to be done.
Despite the significant progress made by these studies, some caveats remain.
