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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
Table of Contents:
  • Integrating macroeconomic and social policies to trigger synergies
  • Macroeconomic policies and institutions for pro-poor growth
  • The (in)adequacy of public spending on basic social services
  • The distribution of benefits of health and education spending
  • Policies to enhance efficiency and improve delivery in the public provision of basic social services
  • Governance reforms to address the systemic problems of state provision of basic services
  • Promoting complementarity between public and private provision
  • Taxation and mobilization of additional resources for public social services
  • The consistency between aid and trade policies and the millennium goals.