Improving the odds of achieving the MDGs [[electronic resource] ] : heterogeneity, gaps, and challenges

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : World Bank, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (436 p.)
• Disciplina: 338
• Soggetto topico: Economic development
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Goals and Targets from the Millennium Declaration; Overview; 1 The Diversity of MDG Progress; 2 Economic Growth in Developing Countries; 3 Linking Spending and Outcomes Some Lessons from Impact Evaluations in Education and Health; 4 Assisting Indigenous and Socially Excluded; 5 Progress in the International Development and Trading Framework; Appendix 1: Technical Issues in Estimating Progress in the MDGs; Appendix 2: Policies to Reduce Biodiversity Loss and Enhance Human Development ; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: With less than five years left to achieve the MDGs, this year's report looks at the prospects and challenges for reaching the goals. It also examines the great diversity of performance across indicators, countries, and categories of countriesto determine the necessary policies to fill the remaining gaps.
• Titolo autorizzato: Improving the odds of achieving the MDGs
• ISBN: 1-4623-2538-6; 1-4623-7280-5; 1-283-10011-8; 9786613100115; 0-8213-8701-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457151403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Global monitoring report ; ; 2011.