Targeting Development: Critical Perspectives on the Millennium Development Goals

by Richard Black, Howard White

Overview

The Millennium Development Goals accepted by the UN in 2000 are, along with the targets set by the OECD in 1996 the subject of this expertly written book. Is development achievable in the time frames given? How useful were the goals in the first place? How far have we come in solving the aching problems of the developing world? These questions and

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134410798
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/20/2003
Series:	Routledge Studies in Development Economics
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	384
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Richard Black is Reader in Human Geography at the University of Sussex, UK. Howard White is a Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK. He is also co-author of Program Aid and Development and Econometrics and Data Analysis for Developing Countries both of which are also published by Routledge.

Table of Contents

1. Millennium Development Goals: A Drop In The Ocean? 2. Heaven or Hubris: Reflections on the new 'New Poverty Agenda' 3. Using Development Goals and Targets for Donor Agency Performance Measurement 4. Using Development Goals to Design Country Stratagies 5. Monitoring Progress Towards the Millennium Development Goals at Country Levels 6. Are the Millennium Development Goals Feasible? 7. Halving World Poverty 8. Towards Universal Primary Education 9. Promoting Gender Equality 10. Reducing Infant and Child Death 11. Towards Reproductive Health for all? 12. The Global Challenge of HIV/AIDS 13. Clean Water for all 14. Achieving Sustainability in Africa 15. Building a Global Partnership for Development? 16. Aid, Trade and Debt: How Equal is the Global Partnership?

Editorial Reviews

'[The book offers] insightful thinking and analysis on major social determinants of the current and future course of globalization.' - International Labour Review

'Taken together [the contributors] offer an extremely thorough assessment of the MDGs. As a result, this book will be useful to a wide range of readers, from policy makers to development practicioners and from first year development studies students to those engaged in academic research.' - Progress in Development Studies

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