From Aid to Development
The balance of economic power is shifting. Countries that were once poor are becoming economic powerhouses. Yet poverty persists worldwide, depriving billions of people of basic necessities and the prospects of creating a better life. How are we responding to this challenge? This book explores the multi-faceted world of aid and development co-operation - a range of global, and sometimes contested, efforts aimed at reducing the impact of poverty. It traces the history of these efforts, explains …
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- Full title :From Aid to Development.
Summary
The balance of economic power is shifting. Countries that were once poor are becoming economic powerhouses. Yet poverty persists worldwide, depriving billions of people of basic necessities and the prospects of creating a better life. How are we responding to this challenge? This book explores the multi-faceted world of aid and development co-operation - a range of global, and sometimes contested, efforts aimed at reducing the impact of poverty. It traces the history of these efforts, explains where they come from and where they are going, and asks whether they are achieving as much as they co.
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- Publication Date:2012.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- Place of Publication:Paris
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2012.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (191 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9264111522, 9789264111523, 9789264123571, 9264123571
- oclc:ocn990595085
- LC Classification:HC60
- Dewey Decimal:338.910
Table of Contents
Foreword; Acknowledgements; Contents; 1. Introduction; By way of introduction ... ; Partners for development; Contexts: The persistence of old ideas ... ; DEVELOPMENT -- THE "D" IN OECD; What this book is about ... ; 2. The persistence of poverty; By way of introduction ... ; Why are some countries still poor?; What are GDP and GNI?; Who benefits from economic growth?; What is the development challenge?; Special section: The Millennium Development Goals; GOAL 1: ERADICATE POVERTY AND HUNGER; Proportion of people living on less than 1.25 a day,1990 and 2005.
Proportion of children under age five who are underweight,1990 and 2009GOAL 2: UNIVERSAL EDUCATION; Distribution of out-of-school children by region,1999 and 2009; GOAL 3: GENDER EQUALITY; Proportion of girls enrolled in primary andsecondary education compared to boys,1998/99 and 2008/09; GOAL 4: CHILD HEALTH; Under-five mortality rate, 1990 and 2010; GOAL 5: MATERNAL HEALTH; Proportion of deliveries attended by skilled healthpersonnel, around 1990 and around 2009; GOAL 6: COMBAT HIV/AIDS; Worldwide number of people newly infected with HIV anddying of AIDS, 1990-2009.
GOAL 7: ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITYThe drinking water tar…
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