Sustaining Gains in Poverty Reduction and Human Development in the Middle East and North Africa

• Tác giả: Farrukh Iqbal
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 275.6 Christianity in Asia Christian church in Asia
• Thông tin xuất bản: Washington, DC: World Bank, 2012
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 294921
• Chủ đề: 1. ABSOLUTE POVERTY; 2. AGING; 3. ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAMS; 4. ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS; 5. CASH ASSISTANCE

Tóm tắt

This book reviews the experience of the Middle East and North Africa region with poverty and human development since the mid-1980s. It finds that poverty rates did not decline by much during this period while health and education indicators improved substantially. The stagnation of poverty rates is ascribed to the stagnation of the region's economies during this period while the improvement in human indicators is likely due to several factors including improvement in the delivery of public health and education services.