Economic alternatives for growth, employment, and poverty reduction
Subtitle: progressive policy recommendations for developing countries
By: [edited by] Terry McKinley
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230220980
Description: "This book is a collection of working papers, policy briefs and training modules, published by the International Poverty Centre in Brazil, which provides a comprehensives set of recommendations for alternative economic policies that can generate growth, employment and poverty reduction in developing countries"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction; title: T.McKinley &; title: J.Weeks PART I: ALTERNATIVE MACROECONOMIC POLICIESThe Macroeconomic Implications of MDG-Based Strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa; title: J.Weeks &; title: T.McKinleyPro-Growth Alternatives for Monetary and Financial Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa; title: R.Pollin, G.Epstein & J.HeintzTraining Modules on 'Economic Policies, MDGs and Poverty' Fiscal Policy; title: J.Weeks &; title: S.PatelMonetary Policy; title: A.Saad FilhoFinancial Policy; title: G.Epstein &; title: I.GrabelPART II: ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF SCALING UP ODA: The Macroeconomic Debate on Scaling up HIV/AIDS Financing; title: T.McKinley &; title: D.HailuWhy Is the Dutch Disease Always a Disease? The Macroeconomic Consequences of Scaling up ODA; title: T.McKinleyManaging the Exchange-Rate Consequences of an MDG-Related Scale-up in HIV/AIDS Financing; J.SerieuxThe Impact of Foreign Aid on Government Spending, Revenue and Domestic Borrowing in Ethiopia; title: P.M.G.MartinsPART III: PUBLIC FINANCE AND DEBT RELIEF Gearing Public Finance to Growth, Employment and Poverty Reduction in Moldova; title: T.McKinleyDoes Debt Relief Increase Fiscal Space in Zambia? The MDG Implications; title: J.Weeks & T.McKinleyMoldovas Middle-Income Mistaken Identity: The Severe Income and Human Development Costs; title: J.WeeksThe Reduction of Fiscal Space in Zambia utch Disease and Tight-Money Conditionalities; title: J.WeeksPART IV: ALTERNATIVE STRUCTURAL REFORMS Privatising Basic Utilities in Sub-Saharan Africa: the MDG Impact; title: K.Bayliss &; title: T.McKinleyMonetary Policy and Financial Sector Reform for Employment Creation and Poverty Reduction in Ghana; title: G.Epstein &; title: J.HeintzPART V: POLICIES FOR TRANSFORMING GROWTH INTO EMPLOYMENT GENERATIONAn Employment-Targeted Economic Programme for South Africa; title: R.Pollin, G.Epstein &; title: L.NdikumanaA Proposed Strategy for Growth, Employment and Poverty Reduction in Uzbekistan; title: T.McKinley &; title: J.WeeksExpanding Decent Employment in Kenya: The Role of Monetary Policy, Inflation Control and the Exchange Rate; title: R.Pollin &; title: J.HeintzThe Employment Impact of an MDG-Based Development Strategy for Yemen; title: T.McKinley PART VI: A POLICY AGENDA FOR ADDRESSING GLOBAL IMBALANCES The Monopoly of Global Capital Flows: Who Needs Structural Adjustment Now?; title: T.McKinleyAddressing Global Imbalances: A Development-Oriented Policy Agenda; A.Izurieta &; title: T.McKinley.