The millennium development goals
Subtitle: raising the resources to tackle world poverty
By: edited by Fantu Cheru and Colin Bradford Jr.
Contributors: Cheru, Fantu.; Bradford, Colin I.
Publisher: Zed Books; In association with the Helsinki Process on Globalisation and Democracy
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
Subjects: Economic assistance -- Developing countries.; Economic development -- Finance.; Poverty -- Developing countries.; Developing countries -- Economic policy.
Description: This volume provides an up-to-date and detailed tour d'horizon of the exciting diversity of new proposals and mechanisms currently being discussed in order to raise the necessary financial resources to make the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals a reality by 2015. If the MDGs to halve global poverty and significantly improve the conditions of life of the world's poor are to be met on schedule, putting in place the requisite funding is an essential component. The economists in this volume from WIDER, UNDP, and other leading institutions have contributed their analyses as part of th.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.