Financing Human Development in Africa, Asia and the Middle East

United Nations Publications

ISBN 10: 1780932200 / ISBN 13: 9781780932200

Published by Bloomsbury Academic Sep 2013, 2013

About this Item

Neuware - 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 analysed 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 these.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Financing Human Development in Africa, Asia and the Middle East
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic Sep 2013
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1780932200
• ISBN 13: 9781780932200
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 233W x 154H x 30D millimeters 233 millimeters width by 154 millimeters height by 30 millimeters depth
• Weight: 527 grams

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Synopsis

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on bloomsburycollections.com.

How much would poor nations need to invest to eliminate poverty, get all children in school and provide adequate basic health care for all? Can they afford it? Financing Human Development in Africa, Asia and the Middle East provides some clear answers to these questions. The contributors assess feasible financing strategies underpinning actions to enhance human development in pursuance of the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The contributors analyse these strategies in the context of broader concerns of economic development in nine countries in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. The assessments stress the importance of redesigning macroeconomic policies so as to make these more supportive of long-term economic growth and employment creation, while ensuring sufficient investments in human development in order to end poverty and overcome deep-rooted inequalities.

About the Author

Rob Vos is Director of the Development Policy and Analysis Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs at the United Nations.