Goals for Development : History, Prospects, and Costs
The Millennium Development Goals set quantitative targets for poverty reduction and improvements in health, education, gender equality, the environment, and other aspects of human welfare. At existing rates of progress many countries will fall shor...
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AGED AGGREGATE SPENDING AGRICULTURE ANNUAL RATE ASIA & PACIFIC CHILD CARE CHILD DEATHS CHILD MALNUTRITION CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY RATES CHILDBIRTH CIVIL CONFLICT CLEAN WATER DATA SET DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT CO-OPERATION DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DEVELOPMENT NETWORK DEVELOPMENT PRACTITIONERS DIARRHEA DISEASES DRUG USERS ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATION EXCRETA EXTREME POVERTY FAMILIES GIRLS HEALTH HEALTH CARE HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH STATUS HEMORRHAGE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN WELFARE INCOME INCOME COUNTRIES INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCREASED EMPHASIS INFANT MORTALITY INFECTION INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENTS INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK LIVE BIRTHS LOW INCOME MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MALARIA MALNUTRITION MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO MEASLES MORBIDITY MORTALITY MOTHERS NORTH AFRICA ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY PARENTS PARTNERSHIP PATH POINT POLICY CHOICES POLICY ENVIRONMENT POLICY FRAMEWORK POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POOR COUNTRIES POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY REDUCTION PREGNANCY PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLS PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS RADIO REDUCING POVERTY RESEARCH FINDINGS RURAL AREAS RURAL RESIDENTS SAFE DRINKING WATER SAMPLE SIZES SANITATION SCHOOLS SERVICE DELIVERY SOCIAL INCLUSION SOCIAL INDICATORS SOUTHEAST ASIA STATISTICAL DATA STUNTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TERTIARY EDUCATION VACCINATIONS WASTE WORKERS YOUNG CHILD POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES HEALTH IMPROVEMENT RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AID FLOWS INCOME LEVELS PRIMARY EDUCATION GENDER EQUALITY CHILD MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME DISEASE PREVENTION & CONTROL MALARIA CONTROL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT POTABLE WATER ACCESS TO WATER SANITATION SERVICES POLICY DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE MARKET ACCESS MALARIA CONTROL RESOURCES MOBILIZATION INTERNATIONAL TRADE |
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AGED AGGREGATE SPENDING AGRICULTURE ANNUAL RATE ASIA & PACIFIC CHILD CARE CHILD DEATHS CHILD MALNUTRITION CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY RATES CHILDBIRTH CIVIL CONFLICT CLEAN WATER DATA SET DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT CO-OPERATION DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DEVELOPMENT NETWORK DEVELOPMENT PRACTITIONERS DIARRHEA DISEASES DRUG USERS ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATION EXCRETA EXTREME POVERTY FAMILIES GIRLS HEALTH HEALTH CARE HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH STATUS HEMORRHAGE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN WELFARE INCOME INCOME COUNTRIES INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCREASED EMPHASIS INFANT MORTALITY INFECTION INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENTS INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK LIVE BIRTHS LOW INCOME MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MALARIA MALNUTRITION MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO MEASLES MORBIDITY MORTALITY MOTHERS NORTH AFRICA ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY PARENTS PARTNERSHIP PATH POINT POLICY CHOICES POLICY ENVIRONMENT POLICY FRAMEWORK POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POOR COUNTRIES POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY REDUCTION PREGNANCY PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLS PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS RADIO REDUCING POVERTY RESEARCH FINDINGS RURAL AREAS RURAL RESIDENTS SAFE DRINKING WATER SAMPLE SIZES SANITATION SCHOOLS SERVICE DELIVERY SOCIAL INCLUSION SOCIAL INDICATORS SOUTHEAST ASIA STATISTICAL DATA STUNTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TERTIARY EDUCATION VACCINATIONS WASTE WORKERS YOUNG CHILD POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES HEALTH IMPROVEMENT RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AID FLOWS INCOME LEVELS PRIMARY EDUCATION GENDER EQUALITY CHILD MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME DISEASE PREVENTION & CONTROL MALARIA CONTROL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT POTABLE WATER ACCESS TO WATER SANITATION SERVICES POLICY DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE MARKET ACCESS MALARIA CONTROL RESOURCES MOBILIZATION INTERNATIONAL TRADE Devarajan, Shantayanan Miller, Margaret J. Swanson, Eric V. Goals for Development : History, Prospects, and Costs |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No.2819 |
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The Millennium Development Goals set
quantitative targets for poverty reduction and improvements
in health, education, gender equality, the environment, and
other aspects of human welfare. At existing rates of
progress many countries will fall short of these goals.
However, if developing countries take steps to improve their
policies and increased financial resources are made
available, significant additional progress toward the goals
is possible. The suthors provide a preliminary estimate of
the additional financial resources which would be required
if countries would work vigorously toward meeting the
Millennium Development Goals. Two estimates of the resource
gap are developed, one by estimating the additional
resources necessary to increase economic growth so as to
reduce income poverty, the other by estimating the cost of
meeting specific goals in health, education, and the
environment. Both estimates yield a figure in the range of
$40-$70 billion in additional assistance per year, which is
in line with estimates from other international development
agencies and which would roughly represent a doubling of
official aid flows over 2000 levels. While the authors
believe this is a reasonable first approximation of the
costs associated with achieving the Millennium Development
Goals, it should be interpreted with caution for several
reasons, including the lack of empirical data in many
countries to estimate the relationship between expenditures
on health or education and related outcomes, or the
relationship between investment and growth, the sensitivity
of the results to changes in the policy environment (both at
the macroeconomic and sector level, and with respect to
international trade), and opportunities for increased-and
more efficient-domestic resource mobilization. |
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Devarajan, Shantayanan Miller, Margaret J. Swanson, Eric V. |
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Devarajan, Shantayanan Miller, Margaret J. Swanson, Eric V. |
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Devarajan, Shantayanan |
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Goals for Development : History, Prospects, and Costs |
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Goals for Development : History, Prospects, and Costs |
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Goals for Development : History, Prospects, and Costs |
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Goals for Development : History, Prospects, and Costs |
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Goals for Development : History, Prospects, and Costs |
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goals for development : history, prospects, and costs |
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2013 |
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okr-10986-148122021-04-23T14:03:20Z Goals for Development : History, Prospects, and Costs Devarajan, Shantayanan Miller, Margaret J. Swanson, Eric V. AGED AGGREGATE SPENDING AGRICULTURE ANNUAL RATE ASIA & PACIFIC CHILD CARE CHILD DEATHS CHILD MALNUTRITION CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY RATES CHILDBIRTH CIVIL CONFLICT CLEAN WATER DATA SET DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT CO-OPERATION DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DEVELOPMENT NETWORK DEVELOPMENT PRACTITIONERS DIARRHEA DISEASES DRUG USERS ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATION EXCRETA EXTREME POVERTY FAMILIES GIRLS HEALTH HEALTH CARE HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH STATUS HEMORRHAGE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN WELFARE INCOME INCOME COUNTRIES INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCREASED EMPHASIS INFANT MORTALITY INFECTION INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENTS INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK LIVE BIRTHS LOW INCOME MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MALARIA MALNUTRITION MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO MEASLES MORBIDITY MORTALITY MOTHERS NORTH AFRICA ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY PARENTS PARTNERSHIP PATH POINT POLICY CHOICES POLICY ENVIRONMENT POLICY FRAMEWORK POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POOR COUNTRIES POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY REDUCTION PREGNANCY PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLS PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS RADIO REDUCING POVERTY RESEARCH FINDINGS RURAL AREAS RURAL RESIDENTS SAFE DRINKING WATER SAMPLE SIZES SANITATION SCHOOLS SERVICE DELIVERY SOCIAL INCLUSION SOCIAL INDICATORS SOUTHEAST ASIA STATISTICAL DATA STUNTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TERTIARY EDUCATION VACCINATIONS WASTE WORKERS YOUNG CHILD POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES HEALTH IMPROVEMENT RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AID FLOWS INCOME LEVELS PRIMARY EDUCATION GENDER EQUALITY CHILD MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME DISEASE PREVENTION & CONTROL MALARIA CONTROL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT POTABLE WATER ACCESS TO WATER SANITATION SERVICES POLICY DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE MARKET ACCESS MALARIA CONTROL RESOURCES MOBILIZATION INTERNATIONAL TRADE The Millennium Development Goals set quantitative targets for poverty reduction and improvements in health, education, gender equality, the environment, and other aspects of human welfare. At existing rates of progress many countries will fall short of these goals. However, if developing countries take steps to improve their policies and increased financial resources are made available, significant additional progress toward the goals is possible. The suthors provide a preliminary estimate of the additional financial resources which would be required if countries would work vigorously toward meeting the Millennium Development Goals. Two estimates of the resource gap are developed, one by estimating the additional resources necessary to increase economic growth so as to reduce income poverty, the other by estimating the cost of meeting specific goals in health, education, and the environment. Both estimates yield a figure in the range of $40-$70 billion in additional assistance per year, which is in line with estimates from other international development agencies and which would roughly represent a doubling of official aid flows over 2000 levels. While the authors believe this is a reasonable first approximation of the costs associated with achieving the Millennium Development Goals, it should be interpreted with caution for several reasons, including the lack of empirical data in many countries to estimate the relationship between expenditures on health or education and related outcomes, or the relationship between investment and growth, the sensitivity of the results to changes in the policy environment (both at the macroeconomic and sector level, and with respect to international trade), and opportunities for increased-and more efficient-domestic resource mobilization. 2013-08-06T14:54:49Z 2013-08-06T14:54:49Z 2002-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/04/1758950/goals-development-history-prospects-costs http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14812 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No.2819 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, D.C. Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research |