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Policy Matters advances the analytical debate in elaborating relevant economic and social policies to achieve more sustainable and equitable development in our times. Early chapters underscore the importance of ensuring equity, not only as a desirable end in itself, but also to enhance economic growth and ensure social stability and political security. The following chapters suggest that the promises of trade and financial liberalization have not been realized. Trade liberalization may well have worsened unemployment as well as working conditions besides undermining existing productive capacities and reducing the ‘policy space’ for developing better and competitive new economic capacities. Meanwhile, financial liberalization does not seem to have contributed to economic growth while exacerbating economic volatility, instability and crises. The debates on ‘scaling up’ aid and aid-induced ‘welfare colonialism’ as well as appropriate monetary and exchange rate policies are engaged. The issue of poverty programme targeting efficiency and the social policy debate on universalism versus targeting conclude this rich and important volume.
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Sarbuland Khan is Director of the Office for Economic and Social Council Support and Coordination in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs in the United Nations Secretariat. Jose Antonio Ocampo is Under-Secretary General for the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Jomo K.S is Assistant Secretary General for the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
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- PublisherUnited Nations
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 8125030646
- ISBN 13 9788125030645
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages368
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: New. Contents: Preface. 1. Markets, social cohesion and democracy/Jose Antonio Ocampo. 2. Dynamic links between the economy and human development/Gustav Ranis and Frances Stewart. 3. Policy reform and income distribution/Giovanni Andrea Cornia. 4. Trade and employment: stylized facts and research findings/Bernard Hoekman and L. Alan Winters. 5. Trade liberalization and employment/Eddy Lee. 6. International capital flows, financial stability and growth/Graciela L. Kaminsky. 7. The economic and social effects of financial liberalization: a primer for developing countries/Jayati Ghosh. 8. Development and social goals: balancing aid and development to prevent 'Welfare Colonialism'/Erik S. Reinert. 9. Constraints to achieving the MDGs with scaled up aid/Francois Bourguignon and Mark Sundberg. 10. What is the most effective monetary policy for aid-receiving countries?/Alessandro Prati and Thierry Tressel. 11. Real exchange rate, monetary policy and employment/Roberto Frenkel and Lance Taylor. 12. Evaluating targeting efficiency of government programmes international comparisons/Nanak Kakwani and Hyun H. Son. 13. Targeting and universalism in poverty reduction/Thandika Mkandawire. Contributors. Index. "In 2000, UN member states pledged to halve world poverty by 2015, among other Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). But progress has been elusive since. The chapters in this volume address disparate problems in achieving the UN development agenda, from the complex effects of trade and financial liberalization to the realities of development aid, itself a central pillar of the MDGs. The unifying theme is one of economic and social integration, and an emphasis on long-term strategic investments in education, health and infrastructure. By challenging mainstream economic thought, Policy Matters is required reading for students, academics and activists wanting to engage in the debate, and help achieve the MDGs.". Seller Inventory # 49754
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