Financing Human Development in Africa, Asia and the Middle East / UN.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

UN.

Series:

United Nations series on development 2048-2612.

United Nations Series on Development, 2048-2612.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic and Social Development.

Local Subjects:

Economic and Social Development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (327 pages).

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2013.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book assesses feasible financing strategies for policymakers to follow in pursuance of human development, taking as reference the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and their achievement by 2015. These strategies are analyzed in the context of broader concerns of economic development with special reference to nine countries from Africa, Asia and the Middle East; that is, how to make macroeconomic policies support more effectively sustained growth while reducing widespread poverty and inequalities and other human development gaps in low- and middle-income countries, especially in times of global economic crises or external shocks. In this sense, this book adds new evidence regarding the social deficits in these countries and suggests policy options to overcome them.

Contents:

Summary

Preface

About the editors

Financing human development: A comparative analysis

Egypt

Kyrgyz Republic

Philippines

Senegal

South Africa

Tunisia

Uganda

Uzbekistan

Yemen.

ISBN:

9781780935607

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.