Sustaining gains in poverty reduction and human development in the Middle East and North Africa
By: Farrakh Iqbal.
Contributors: World Bank.
Series: Orientations in development series; Orientations in development
Publisher: World Bank
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 106
ISBN-13: 9780821365274
Subjects: Poverty -- Middle East; Poverty -- Africa, North; Middle East -- Social conditions; Africa, North -- Social conditions
Description: This book reviews the experience of the Middle East and North Africa region with poverty and human development since the mid-1980s. It finds that poverty rates did not decline by much during this period while health and education indicators improved substantially. The stagnation of poverty rates is ascribed to the stagnation of the region's economies during this period while the improvement in human indicators is likely due to several factors including improvement in the delivery of public health and education services.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 99) and index.