Economic Alternatives for Growth, Employment and Poverty Reduction: Progressive Policy Recommendations for Developing Countries

by T. McKinley (Editor)

Overview

This book is a collection of working papers, policy briefs and training modules, published by the International Poverty Centre in Brazil, which provides a comprehensives set of recommendations for alternative economic policies that can generate growth, employment and poverty reduction in developing countries.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230220980
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	09/29/2009
Edition description:	2009
Pages:	302
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

TERRY MCKINLEY is Director of the Centre for Development Policy and Research, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK. Before joining CDPR, Professor McKinley was Director of the International Poverty Centre, UNDP, Brazil and UNDP Advisor on Economic Policies and Poverty Reduction.

Table of Contents

Introduction; T.McKinley & J.Weeks PART I: ALTERNATIVE MACROECONOMIC POLICIES The Macroeconomic Implications of MDG-Based Strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa; J.Weeks  & T.McKinley Pro-Growth Alternatives for Monetary and Financial Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa; R.Pollin, G.Epstein  & J.Heintz Training Modules on 'Economic Policies, MDGs and Poverty' Fiscal Policy; J.Weeks  & S.Patel Monetary Policy; A.Saad Filho Financial Policy; G.Epstein  & I.Grabel PART II: ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF SCALING UP ODA: The Macroeconomic Debate on Scaling up HIV/AIDS Financing; T.McKinley  & D.Hailu Why Is the 'Dutch Disease' Always a Disease? The Macroeconomic Consequences of Scaling up ODA; T.McKinley Managing the Exchange-Rate Consequences of an MDG-Related Scale-up in HIV/AIDS Financing; J.Serieux The Impact of Foreign Aid on Government Spending, Revenue and Domestic Borrowing in Ethiopia; P.M.G.Martins PART III: PUBLIC FINANCE AND DEBT RELIEF Gearing Public Finance to Growth, Employment and Poverty Reduction in Moldova; T.McKinley Does Debt Relief Increase Fiscal Space in Zambia? The MDG Implications; J.Weeks  & T.McKinley Moldova's Middle-Income 'Mistaken Identity': The Severe Income and Human Development Costs; J.Weeks The Reduction of Fiscal Space in Zambia Dutch Disease and Tight-Money Conditionalities; J.Weeks PART IV: ALTERNATIVE STRUCTURAL REFORMS Privatising Basic Utilities in Sub-Saharan Africa: the MDG Impact; K.Bayliss  & T.McKinley Monetary Policy and Financial Sector Reform for Employment Creation and Poverty Reduction in Ghana; G.Epstein  & J.Heintz PART V: POLICIES FOR TRANSFORMING GROWTH INTO EMPLOYMENT GENERATION An Employment-Targeted Economic Programme for South Africa; R.Pollin , G.Epstein  & L.Ndikumana A Proposed Strategy for Growth, Employment and Poverty Reduction in Uzbekistan; T.McKinley  & J.Weeks Expanding Decent Employment in Kenya: The Role of Monetary Policy, Inflation Control and the Exchange Rate; R.Pollin  & J.Heintz The Employment Impact of an MDG-Based Development Strategy for Yemen; T.McKinley PART VI: A POLICY AGENDA FOR ADDRESSING GLOBAL IMBALANCES The Monopoly of Global Capital Flows: Who Needs Structural Adjustment Now?; T.McKinley Addressing Global Imbalances: A Development-Oriented Policy Agenda; A.Izurieta  & T.McKinley