Did the Millennium Development Goals Work? : : Meeting Future Challenges with Past Lessons / / ed. by Hany Besada, Leah McMillan Polonenko, Manmohan Agarwal.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol UP/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
• MitwirkendeR: Adeniran, Adebusuyi Isaac,; Agarwal, Manmohan,; Agosta, Laura,; Ahmed, Saleh,; Akinola, Olabanji,; Assaad, Ragui,; Barrientos, Armando,; Besada, Hany,; Bradshaw, Sarah,; Brunton, Kathryn Anne,; Castellino, Joshua,; Diop, Bineta,; D’Alessandro, Cristina,; Elbassiouny, Nancy,; Essid, Badye,; Grischow, Jeff,; Hanson, Craig,; Hoesch, Sarah,; Levin, Kelly,; Levison, Deborah,; Lipinski, Brian,; Lockhart, Clare,; McFarlane, Jason,; Otto, Betsy,; Polonenko, Leah McMillan,; Samper, Sofia,; Saniei-Pour, Alireza,; Searchinger, Tim,; Shaw, Timothy M,; Sheng, Andrew,; Showkath, Mohammed Sayeed,; Tok, M Evren,; Vincent, Sam,; Waite, Richard,
• HerausgeberIn: Agarwal, Manmohan,; Besada, Hany,; McMillan Polonenko, Leah,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (512 p.) :; 29 Black and White

With the target date for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) behind us, this book asks did they work? And what happens next? Arguing that to effectively look forward, we must first look back, the editors of this insightful book gather leading scholars and practitioners from a range of backgrounds and regions to provide an in-depth exploration of the MDG project and its impact. Contributors use region-specific case studies to explore the effectiveness of the MDGs in addressing the root causes of poverty, including resource geographies, early childhood development and education, women’s rights and disability rights as well as the impact of the global financial crisis and Arab Spring on MDG attainment. Providing a critical assessment that seeks to inform future policy decisions, the book will be valuable to those working in the development community as well as to academics and students of international development, international relations and development economics.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Contents -- List of figures, tables and boxes -- List of abbreviations -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction: meeting future challenges with past lessons -- Global challenges -- Antipoverty transfers and zero extreme poverty targets -- Fragile and conflict-affected situations and the post-2015 development agenda -- The impact of the global financial crisis on Millennium Development Goal attainment in Africa -- Resource geographies in urban spaces: insights from developing countries in the post-2015 era -- Minority groups -- The Millennium Development Goals, disability rights and special needs education in Ethiopia: a case study of the Oromiya region -- Facing the global challenge of youth employment -- Women’s role in economic development: overcoming the constraints -- Marginalised minorities in conflict: women and Millennium Development Goals -- Micro challenges -- Ideas from early childhood development approaches to contribute to Millennium Development Goals’ achievements in Latin America -- Exploring the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS) as a micro-Millennium Development Goals’ framework in Nigeria -- Developmental crises affecting the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goal achievements in Bangladesh: a critical perspective -- Between progress, stasis and reversals: an analysis of the Millennium Development Goals in Nigeria -- North Africa and Middle East: economic performance and social progress -- Looking forward -- United Nations Millennium Development Goals (UN MDGs) and the Arab Spring: shedding light on the preludes? -- Food security, inclusive growth, sustainability and the sustainable development agenda -- Outlook for global development finance: excess or shortage? -- Conclusion -- Index