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Global Monitoring Report 2015/2016 : Development Goals in an Era of Demographic Change.

The Global Monitoring Report 2015/2016: Development Goals in an Era of Demographic Change details the progress toward the global development goals and examines the impact of demographic change on achieving these goals. Part I examines global development progress, the unfinished development agenda, a...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2015.
Colección:World Bank e-Library.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Executive Summary; Overview; Part I. Monitoring global development progress; Development progress over the MDG period has been impressive; Despite solid development gains, significant work remains; Amid an uncertain outlook, stronger effort is needed to grow, invest, and insure; Evolving circumstances demand a new approach-enter the SDGs; Part II. Development in an era of demographic change; Global demography is at a turning point; Demographic change may alter the trajectory of global development
  • Effective policies can leverage demographic change within countriesOpportunities exist to arbitrage demographic diversity across countries; References; Part I: Monitoring Global Development Progress; Chapter 1 Ending Extreme Poverty and Sharing Prosperity: Progress and Policies; Extreme poverty: Updated numbers and remaining challenges; Shared prosperity: Conceptual issues and recent trends; Ending extreme poverty and sharing prosperity: Policy agenda; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 2 Scaling Up Impact: Transitioning from Millennium to Sustainable Development Goals
  • The Millennium Development Goals: Current statusThe Sustainable Development Goals: A new approach; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 3 Global Macroeconomic Performance and Outlook: Prospects for Growth; Recent developments and short- and medium-term prospects; Update on recent macroeconomic policies; Quality of macroeconomic policies in low-income countries; Long-term convergence and growth trends; Conclusion; Notes; Part II: Development in an Era of Demographic Change; Chapter 4 Demographic Change: Disparities, Divergences, and Drivers; Characteristics of demographic change
  • Drivers of demographic changeConclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 5 Implications of Demographic Change: Pathways to Prosperity; From demography to development: A global typology; Challenging starting points; Pathways to future prosperity; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 6 Policy Priorities in an Era of Demographic Change; Leveraging demographic change within countries; Leveraging demographic differences across countries; Conclusion; Country Spotlights: Policy challenges at different stages of demographic transition; Notes; References; Appendixes
  • A. Millennium Development Goals Report CardB. The Role of Multilateral Development Banks: From MDGs to SDGs; C. Data sources; D. Methodology; Boxes; O.1 Drawing global poverty lines; 1.1 Global poverty estimates based on 2011 PPP data: Methods and challenges; 1.2 Why poverty in India could be even lower; 1.3 Person-equivalent poverty: An intuitive headcount measure that controls for depth; 1.4 Poverty in Latin America: Income-based versus consumption-based estimates; 1.5 Multidimensional poverty measurement: E pluribus unum?; 1.6 The Multidimensional Poverty Index: An example