Global Monitoring Report 2015/2016
Subtitle: Development Goals in an Era of Demographic Change
Series: Global Monitoring Report; World Bank e-Library
Publisher: The World Bank
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781464806704; 9781464806698
Subjects: Millennium development goals; Sustainable development goals; Extreme poverty; Economic growth; Shared prosperity; Demographic trends; Demographic dividend; Population growth; Economic prospects; Demographic transition; Purchasing power parity; International migration; Income growth; Global poverty; Multidimensional poverty
Description: The Global Monitoring Report 2015/2016: Development Goals in an Era of Demographic Change details the progress toward the global development goals and examines the impact of demographic change on achieving these goals. Part I examines global development progress, the unfinished development agenda, and the policy opportunities ahead. The report assesses progress toward ending extreme poverty by 2030 and in promoting shared prosperity, and it outlines the measures necessary to scale up impact over the horizon of the Sustainable Development Goals. The report unveils the new poverty line of