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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...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Iqbal, Farrukh
Collectivité auteur: World Bank
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Washington, DC : World Bank, ©2006.
Collection:Orientations in development.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé: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.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (xxv, 106 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-101) and index.
ISBN:9780821365274
0821365274
0821365282
9780821365281
1280447516
9781280447518
9786610447510
6610447519