Reducing human poverty : macro-economic and social policy to achieve the millennium development goals /

Mehrotra, Santosh K.,

Reducing human poverty : macro-economic and social policy to achieve the millennium development goals / Santosh K. Mehrotra and Enrique Delamonica. - xvi, 432 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - CROP international studies in poverty research . - CROP international studies in poverty research. .

"International Social Science Council.".

Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-425) and index.

Introduction -- Macroeconomic policies -- Integrating macroeconomic and social policies to trigger synergies -- Macroeconomic policies and institutions for pro-poor growth -- Public expenditure on basic social services -- 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 -- Mobilizing domestic and external resources -- Taxation and mobilization of additional resources for public social services -- The consistency between aid and trade policies and the millennium goals -- Conclusion. 1. Pt. I. 2. 3. Pt. II. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Pt. III. 9. 10. 11.

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Poverty--Government policy--Developing countries
Human services--Developing countries


Developing countries--Economic policy
Developing countries--Social policy

HC59.72.P6 / M44 2006

362.5561091724

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