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Public Policies for Human Development

Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Latin America

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  • © 2010

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Editors:
  1. Marco V. Sánchez

    1. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations (UN-DESA), New York, USA

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  2. Rob Vos

    1. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations (UN-DESA), New York, USA

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  3. Enrique Ganuza

    1. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations (UN-DESA), New York, USA

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  4. Hans Lofgren

    1. Development Economics Prospects Group (DECPG), World Bank, USA

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  5. Carolina Díaz-Bonilla

    1. Development Economics Prospects Group (DECPG), World Bank, USA

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This book assesses financing strategies in Latin America and the Caribbean, in pursuance of the United Nations' millennium development goals (MDGs) and their achievement in 2015. It looks at how to make public policies more conducive to support sustained growth and reduce the still widespread poverty and inequality in the region

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Overview

    • Rob Vos, Marco V. Sánchez, Enrique Ganuza
    Pages 1-15

  3. Latin America and the Caribbean’s challenge to reach the MDGs: financing options and trade-offs

    • Rob Vos, Marco V. Sánchez, Cornelia Kaldewei
    Pages 17-69

  4. MAMS: an economy-wide model for analysis of MDG country strategies— an application to Latin America and the Caribbean

    • Hans Lofgren, Carolina Díaz-Bonilla
    Pages 71-126

  5. Argentina

    • Martin Cicowiez, Luciano Di Gresia, Leonardo Gasparini
    Pages 127-158

  6. Bolivia

    • Wilson Jiménez, Mirna Mariscal, Gustavo Canavire
    Pages 159-183

  7. Chile

    • Raul O’Ryan, Carlos J. de Miguel, Camilo Lagos
    Pages 185-211

  8. Costa Rica

    • Marco V. Sánchez
    Pages 213-243

  9. Ecuador

    • Mauricio León, José Rosero, Rob Vos
    Pages 245-277

  10. Honduras

    • Maurizio Bussolo, Denis Medvedev
    Pages 279-306

  11. Mexico

    • Araceli Ortega, Miguel Székely
    Pages 307-327

  12. Nicaragua

    • Marco V. Sánchez, Rob Vos
    Pages 329-364

  13. Peru

    • Juan F. Castro, Gustavo Yamada
    Pages 365-385

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 387-406
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations (UN-DESA), New York, USA

    Marco V. Sánchez, Rob Vos, Enrique Ganuza

  • Development Economics Prospects Group (DECPG), World Bank, USA

    Hans Lofgren, Carolina Díaz-Bonilla

About the editors


MARCO V. SÁNCHEZ is economic affairs officer at the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations (UN/DESA), New York, and was previously associated with the Sub-Regional Office in Mexico City of the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
 
ROB VOS is director of the Development Policy and Analysis Division at the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations (UN/DESA), New York, and Professor of Finance and Development at the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague
  
ENRIQUE GANUZA is resident representative of the United Nations in Santiago de Chile and was chief economist for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) at the initiation of the project leading to the present publication
 
HANS LOFGREN is senior economist of the Development Economics Prospects Group (DECPG) of the World Bank. Prior to joining the Bank he was senior research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
 
CAROLINA DÍAZ-BONILLA is economist in the Poverty and Gender Unit of the Latin America and Caribbean Region (LCSPP) of the World Bank. During most of the project's duration, she was an economist in the Development Economics Prospects Group (DECPG) of the World Bank.

 

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