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Eliminating human poverty : macroeconomic and social policies for equitable growth /

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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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Main Authors: Mehrotra, Santosh K. (Author), Delamonica, Enrique (Author)
Corporate Author: International Social Science Council
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London, England : Zed Books, 2007.
Series:CROP international studies in poverty research.
Subjects:
Poverty > Government policy > Developing countries.
Human services > Developing countries.
Macroeconomics
Poverty & unemployment
Developing countries > Economic policy.
Developing countries > Social policy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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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 fulfill 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.
Item Description:"International Social Science Council."
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 432 pages) : : illustrations.
Also published in printing.
Format:Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-425) and index.
ISBN:9781350219861
DOI:10.5040/9781350219861
Access:Abstract freely available; full-text restricted to individual document purchasers.