Millennium Development Goals - Looking Beyond 2015

In the year 2000, the international community agreed to a framework to address global poverty, known as the Millennium Developmemt Goals, with an end-date of 2015. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy.

List of contents

1. Old Challenges and New Opportunities for the MDGs: Now and Beyond 2015 Matthew Clarke and Simon Feeny 2. A Fresh Look at the MDGs Jan Vandemoortele 3. 'All the World's a Stage’: Structure, Agency and Accountability in International Aid Gerhard Hoffstaedter and Chris Roche 4. Cultivating Model Developing Citizens: Exposing the Grassroots to the MDG Tanya Jakimow 5. The MDGs and the Incomplete Relationship between Development and Foreign Aid Thomas W.D Davis 6. The MDGs in Myanmar: Relevant or Redundant? Anthony Ware 7. Maternal Health in Lao PDR: Repositioning the Goal Posts Anna Scopaz, Liz Eckermann and Matthew Clarke

About the author

Matthew Clarke is Associate Professor and Head of the School of International and Political Studies at Deakin University, Australia.
Simon Feeny is Associate Professor in the School of Economic, Finance and Marketing at RMIT University, Australia.

Summary

In the year 2000, the international community agreed to a framework to address global poverty, known as the Millennium Developmemt Goals, with an end-date of 2015. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy.

Product details

• Assisted by: Matthew Clarke (Editor), Simon Feeny (Editor), Feeny Simon (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032930824
• ISBN: 978-1-032-93082-4
• No. of pages: 118
• Weight: 220 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Sociology, Asia, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, Social groups, Poverty & unemployment, Politics & government, Social discrimination & inequality, Regional Studies, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, Development Studies, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, Poverty and precarity, Social discrimination and social justice, Social groups, communities and identities