Eliminating human poverty : macroeconomic and social policies for equitable growth /
This examination of how basic social services, particularly education, health and water, can be financed and delivered more effectively departs from the dominant macro-economic paradigm. Drawing on their own broad-ranging research at UNICEF and UNDP, the authors argue that fiscal, monetary, and othe...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York : New York :
Zed Books ; Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan,
2007.
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| Series: | CROP international studies in poverty research
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| Summary: | This examination of how basic social services, particularly education, health and water, can be financed and delivered more effectively departs from the dominant macro-economic paradigm. Drawing on their own broad-ranging research at UNICEF and UNDP, the authors argue that fiscal, monetary, and other macro-economic policies for poverty reduction, human development and economic growth can be compatible with micro-level interventions to provide basic social services. Policymakers have more flexibility than is usually assumed to engage in macro-economic and growth-oriented policies that can also expand human capabilities and fulfil human rights. More than just more aid is needed. Strategic shifts in aid policy, decentralized governance, health and education and the private-public mix in service provision are a prerequisite to achieve the goals of human development and to eliminate human poverty within a generation.--Publisher. |
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| Item Description: | "Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan". |
| Physical Description: | xvi, 432 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p.[395]-425) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781842777732 (pbk) |