The least developed countries: report 2008
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. United Nations 2008
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:At head of title: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Geneva. - "UNCTAD/LDC/2008"--T.p. verso. - "United Nations publication, Sales No. E.08. II. D.20"--T.p. verso
Paralleltitel: Growth, poverty and the terms of development partnership
Includes bibliographical references
1: How sustainable is LDCs' growth? -- Introduction -- Trends in economic growth -- Trends in investment and savings -- Trends in international trade -- Trends in external finance -- Trends in external debt -- Conclusion -- 2: Trends in poverty and progress towards the MDGs -- Introduction -- Trends in private consumptions -- Poverty trends -- The growth-poverty relationship in the LDCs -- Progress towards the MDGs -- Impact and policy implications of soaring international food prices -- Conclusions -- Annex: Poverty estimates: methodological updates and further considerations -- 3: Changes in the terms of development partnership -- Introduction -- Country ownership and the partnership approach to development -- The transformation of the PRSPs -- The Paris Declaration assessment of progress towards ownership -- Processess weakening country ownership -- policy formulation -- Processess weakening country ownership -- policy implementation -- Processess weakening country ownership -- the continuing problem of aid misalignment -- Adverse consequences of weak county ownership -- Practical policy mechanisms to enhance country ownership -- Conclusions -- Annex: A roadmap for devising aid management policies in LDCs -- Statisitcal annex: Data on the least developed countries
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 171 p.)
ISBN:9781435695955
143569595X

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