Sustaining gains in poverty reduction and human development in the Middle East and North Africa /
This book reviews the experience of the MENA region with poverty and human development since the mid-1980s. It finds that poverty rates did not decline by much during this period while health and education indicators improved substantially. The stagnation of poverty rates is ascribed to the stagnati...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, DC :
World Bank,
©2006.
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Colección: | Orientations in development.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | This book reviews the experience of the MENA region with poverty and human development since the mid-1980s. It finds that poverty rates did not decline by much during this period while health and education indicators improved substantially. The stagnation of poverty rates is ascribed to the stagnation of the region?s economies during this period while the improvement in human indicators is likely due to several factors including improvement in the delivery of public health and education services. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxv, 106 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-101) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780821365274 0821365274 0821365282 9780821365281 1280447516 9781280447518 9786610447510 6610447519 |