04438nam 2200541Ia 450 991045065880332120200520144314.01-4623-8353-X1-4552-9722-41-280-14139-597866101413951-4175-9096-3(CKB)1000000000031544(EBL)3050783(OCoLC)59760402(MiAaPQ)EBC3050783(Au-PeEL)EBL3050783(CaPaEBR)ebr10078520(CaONFJC)MIL14139(EXLCZ)99100000000003154420040820d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||Global monitoring report 2005[electronic resource] millennium development goals: from consensus to momentumWashington, DC International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, The World Bankc20051 online resource (282 p.)Prepared jointly by The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.0-8213-6077-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-228).Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Executive Summary; Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); 1 Overview: Building Momentum toward the Millennium Development Goals; 2 Spurring and Sustaining Economic Growth; 3 Scaling Up Service Delivery; 4 Realizing the Development Promise of Trade; 5 Increasing Aid and Its Effectiveness; 6 Strengthening and Sharpening Support from International Financial Institutions; References; Boxes; Millennium Development Goals; 1.1 A five-point agenda for accelerating progress toward the MDGs2.1 Growth is central to sustained poverty reduction2.2 South Asia shows that stronger growth and better service delivery are key to the MDGs; 2.3 Do poverty traps account for Africa's underdevelopment?; 2.4 A gush of oil rents and surge in public investment do not ensure sustained growth; 2.5 Political commitment is central to breaking the conflict cycle; 2.6 Better macroeconomic policies and stronger institutions are associated with longer growth accelerations; 2.7 Challenges for fiscal policy in oil-producing Sub-Saharan countries2.8 Fiscal transparency has improved in Africa, but much remains to be done2.9 Strengthening expenditure monitoring under the enhanced HIPC Initiative; 2.10 Comparing business regulations in two resource-dependent economies: Angola and Botswana; 2.11 High returns to investment climate improvements in Uganda; 2.12 How does governance affect per capita incomes in Africa, and vice versa?; 2.13 The Economic Commission for Africa's governance indicators and agenda; 3.1 Sub-Saharan Africa shows that fast progress is possible in closing the gender gap; 3.2 Reducing child mortality in Mozambique3.3 Improving sanitation in India's slums3.4 Attracting doctors to rural areas in Thailand; 3.5 IMF programs and MDG progress; 3.6 Scaling up service delivery in low-income countries under stress (LICUS); 3.7 Rewarding schools for MDG outcomes; 4.1 The varying effects of the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing; 4.2 Why has rapid export growth failed to significantly reduce poverty in Madagascar?; 4.3 Many of the rents created by trade preferences accrue to importers; 5.1 The U.S. Millennium Challenge Account-poised to deliver5.2 Estimates of MDG financing needs vary widely, but all point to the need for a major increase5.3 Addressing absorptive capacity in Ethiopia; 5.4 Scaling up development efforts; 5.5 Alignment and harmonization: country examples show a wide variety of approaches; 5.6 Mozambique's performance assessment framework-for donors; 5.7 Proposals for additional debt relief-moving beyond HIPC; 6.1 Profile of the "Big 5" multilateral development banks; 6.2 Independent evaluation of the World Bank's role in poverty reduction strategies6.3 Grant financing in the African and Asian Development Funds and IDAEconomic development2001-Economic policy2001-Developing countriesEconomic policyElectronic books.Economic developmentEconomic policyMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450658803321Global monitoring report 20052022918UNINA