Did the Millennium Development Goals work?: Meeting Future Challenges with Past Lessons - Hardcover

Hany Besada; Leah McMillan Polonenko; Manmohan Agarwal

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1447335708 ISBN 13: 9781447335702

Publisher: Policy Press, 2017

Synopsis

With the target date for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) behind us, this book asks did they work? And what happens next? Arguing that to effectively look forward, we must first look back, the editors of this insightful book gather leading scholars and practitioners from a range of backgrounds and regions to provide an in-depth exploration of the MDG project and its impact. Contributors use region-specific case studies to explore the effectiveness of the MDGs in addressing the root causes of poverty, including resource geographies, early childhood development and education, women's rights and disability rights as well as the impact of the global financial crisis and Arab Spring on MDG attainment. Providing a critical assessment that seeks to inform future policy decisions, the book will be valuable to those working in the development community as well as to academics and students of international development, international relations and development economics.

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Review:

Assessing the Millennium Development Goals is a vital undertaking. Consideration of its success, failures, and lessons will light the way forward. --Professor Matthew Clarke, Deakin University

About the Author:

Hany Besada is a Senior Research Fellow, United Nations University, a Regional Advisor, UN Economic Commission for Africa and Research Professor, Institute of African Studies, Carleton University, Canada. He is also a Senior Fellow, University of Ottawa. Dr. Leah McMillan Polonenko is a research consultant and project evaluator with over a decade experience assessing implications of social policies in Africa. She is Project Coordinator for the Kenyan Portfolio of Edu-Vision 2020 and a Research Fellow with the Tshepo Institute for the Study of Contemporary Africa. She is a visiting lecturer at several universities. Professor Manmohan Agarwal teaches at the Centre of International Trade and Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. He has also worked at the World Bank and the IMF.

About this edition

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1447335708
• ISBN 13: 9781447335702
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 352
• Editor: Hany Besada, Leah McMillan Polonenko, Manmohan Agarwal