Financing Human Development In Africa, Asia And The Middle East (the United Nations Series On Development)

"How much would poor nations need to invest to eliminate poverty, get all children in school and provide adequate basic health care for all? Can they afford it? Financing Human Development in Africa, Asia and the Middle East provides some clear answers to these questions. The contributors assess feasible financing strategies underpinning actions to enhance human development in pursuance of the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The contributors analyse these strategies in the context of broader concerns of economic development in nine countries in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. The assessments stress the importance of redesigning macroeconomic policies so as to make these more supportive of long-term economic growth and employment creation, while ensuring sufficient investments in human development in order to end poverty and overcome deep-rooted inequalities."--Bloomsbury Publishing. This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on bloomsburycollections.com.How much would poor nations need to invest to eliminate poverty, get all children in school and provide adequate basic health care for all? Can they afford it? Financing Human Development in Africa, Asia and the Middle East provides some clear answers to these questions. The contributors assess feasible financing strategies underpinning actions to enhance human development in pursuance of the United Nations'Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The contributors analyse these strategies in the context of broader concerns of economic development in nine countries in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. The assessments stress the importance of redesigning macroeconomic policies so as to make these more supportive of long-term economic growth and employment creation, while ensuring sufficient investments in human development in order to end poverty and overcome deep-rooted inequalities. Summary Contents List of tables and figures Preface About the editors About other contributors 1 Financing Human Development: a comparative analysis • Marco V. Sánchez, Rob Vos, Keiji Inoue and Diyora Kabulova 2 Egypt • Motaz Khorshid, Ahmed Kamaly, Heba El-Laithy and Soheir Abou El-Enein 3 Kyrgyz Republic • Roman Mogilevsky and Anara Omorova 4 Philippines • Roehlano M. Briones, Francis Quimba, Myrna Clara B. Asuncion, Jonathan B. Bungcayao, Joseph B. Paglingayen and Ivee F. Libunao 5 Senegal • Abdoulaye Diagne, François Joseph Cabral, Anne-Sophie Robilliard and Fatou Cissé 6 South Africa • Marna Kearney and Ayodele Odusola 7 Tunisia • Mohamed A. Chemingui and Marco V. Sánchez 8 Uganda • John Mary Matovu, Evarist Twimukye, Albert Musisi and Sebastian Levine 9 Uzbekistan • Ulugbek Olimov and Yadgar Fayzullaev 10 Yemen • Abdulmajeed Al-Batuly, Mohamed Al-Hawri, Martin Cicowiez, Hans Lofgren and Mohammad Pournik Index Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Financing Human Development: a comparative analysis / Diyora Kabulova ch. 2 Egypt / Soheir Abou El-Enein ch. 3 Kyrgyz Republic / Anara Omorova ch. 4 Philippines / Ivee F. Libunao ch. 5 Senegal / Fatou Cisse ch. 6 South Africa / Ayodele Odusola ch. 7 Tunisia / Marco V. Sanchez ch. 8 Uganda / Sebastian Levine ch. 9 Uzbekistan / Yadgar Fayzullaev ch. 10 Yemen / Mohammad Pournik. This book assesses feasible financing strategies for policymakers to follow in pursuance of human development;how to make macroeconomic policies support more effectively sustained growth while reducing widespread poverty and inequalities and other human development gaps in low and middle income countries.