
Public Policies for Human Development
Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Latin America
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 9. April 2010
Book
Hardback
XVI, 406 pages
978-0-230-24776-5 (ISBN)
Description
This book assesses financing strategies in Latin America and the Caribbean, in pursuance of the United Nations' millennium development goals (MDGs) and their achievement in 2015. It looks at how to make public policies more conducive to support sustained growth and reduce the still widespread poverty and inequality in the region
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Edition
2010 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paper over boards
Illustrations
XVI, 406 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
590 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-230-24776-5 (9780230247765)
DOI
10.1057/9780230277571
Schweitzer Classification
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Rob Vos | E. Ganuza | H. Lofgren
Public Policies for Human Development
Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Latin America
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Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Latin America
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Persons
MARCO V. SÁNCHEZ is economic affairs officer at the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations (UN/DESA), New York, and was previously associated with the Sub-Regional Office in Mexico City of the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
ROB VOS is director of the Development Policy and Analysis Division at the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations (UN/DESA), New York, and Professor of Finance and Development at the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague
ENRIQUE GANUZA is resident representative of the United Nations in Santiago de Chile and was chief economist for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) at the initiation of the project leading to the present publication
HANS LOFGREN is senior economist of the Development Economics Prospects Group (DECPG) of the World Bank. Prior to joining the Bank he was senior research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
CAROLINA DÍAZ-BONILLA is economist in the Poverty and Gender Unit of the Latin America and Caribbean Region (LCSPP) of the World Bank. During most of the project's duration, she was an economist in the Development Economics Prospects Group (DECPG) of the World Bank.
Content
Preface About the Editors About other Contributors Overview; R.Vos, M.V.Sánchez & E.Ganuza Latin America and the Caribbean's Challenge to Reach the MDGs: Financing Options and Trade-offs; R.Vos, M.V.Sánchez & C.Kaldewei MAMS: an Economy-wide Model for Analysis of MDG Country Strategies - an Application to Latin America and the Caribbean; H.Lofgren & C.Diaz-Bonilla Argentina; M.Cicoweiz, L.Di Gresia & L.Gasparini Bolivia; W.Jiménez, M.Mariscal & G.Canavire Chile; R.O'Ryan, C.J.De Miguel & C.Lagos Costa Rica; M.V.Sánchez Ecuador; M.León, J.Rosero & R.Vos Honduras; M.Bussolo & D.Medvedev Mexico; A.Ortega & M.Székely Nicaragua; M.V.Sánchez & R.Vos Peru; J.F.Castro & G.Yamada Index