Develpment with a Human Face: Experiences in Social Achievemnt and Economic Growth

ISBN-13: 9780198296577 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 512 str.

Richard Jolly; Santosh Mehrotra

Opis

Development with a Human Face presents retrospective studies of ten developing countries that have demonstrated successful health and educational development over the last thirty to forty years despite low incomes. Half of them have combined rapid economic growth with social achievement, while the others have experienced slower growth, interrupted by periods of economic decline. However, as illustrated here, all have achieved sustained improvement in mortality reduction and educational levels, providing valuable guidance for other developing countries seeking to replicate these successful social experiments.
A timely, unprecedented antidote to development pessimism that combines valuable cross-regional comparisons with region-specific studies, this book will interest policy-makers and government officials in developing countries, international agencies, development specialists, and journalists. It will also enhance graduate-level courses in development economics and development studies.

Recenzje

Development with a Human Face offers an excellent introduction to the debates about the intersections between health, education and other related sectors, from a development economist's perspective

O autorze

Santosh Mehrotra is Senior Development Economist at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva. Richard Jolly is Special Adviser to the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).