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Alternative development strategies for the post-2015 era

Alonso, Josâe Antonio, editor, Cornia, Giovanni Andrea, editor, Vos, Rob, 1955-, editor, United Nations, issuing body

Overview

\"The global economic crisis of 2008-2009 exposed systemic failings at the core of economic policy making worldwide. The crisis came on top of several other crises, including skyrocketing and highly volatile world food and energy prices and climate change. This book argues that new policy approaches are needed to address such devastating global development challenges and to avoid the potentially catastrophic consequences to livelihoods worldwide that are likely to result from present approaches. The contributors to the book are independent development experts, brought together by the UN Commiittee for Development Policy, an advisory body of the Economic and Social Council, to identify a development strategy capable of promoting a broad-based economic recovery and at the same time guaranteeing social equity and environmental sustainability both within countries and internationally. This new development approach seeks to promote the reforms needed to improve global governance, providing a more equitable distribution of global public goods. The contributors offer a critical evaluation of past development experiences and report on their creative search for new and well-thought out answers for the future. They suggest that economic progress, fairer societies and environmental sustainability can be compatible objectives, but only when pursued simultaneously by all.\"--Page 4 of cover.

• Publisher: Bloomsbury published in association with the United Nations
• Subject: Millennium Development Goals. / Globalization Economic aspects. / Economic development.
• ISBN: 1472532406, 9781472532404, 1472532406, 9781472523259, 1472523253

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
HF1365.A47 2013	1	BOOK	BUSINESS