Ending global poverty : four women's noble conspiracy

Ending global poverty : four women's noble conspiracy / Constantine Michalopoulos.

Ending poverty is a noble goal and a major challenge for the global community. This book tells the story of and the lessons to be learned from the so-called ""Utstein Four"", ministers who joined forces to challenge the establishment policies of international institutions

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Main Author: Michalopoulos, Constantine (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Economic assistance, Domestic.
Poverty > International cooperation.
Basic needs.
Social planning.
Social policy.
Poor > Services for.
public policy.
Basic needs
Economic assistance, Domestic
Poor > Services for
Poverty > International cooperation
Social planning
Social policy
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Aid and Development in the 1990s
  • Introduction
  • Progress in Reducing Poverty
  • Capital Flows and Assistance Needs
  • Poverty Focus
  • Global Initiatives 1990-1996
  • Initiatives and Realities
  • Conclusion: Narrow the Gap between Rhetoric and Reality
  • 3. Organizing Collaboration
  • Introduction
  • The Four Protagonists
  • Contacts
  • Programme Priorities
  • Institutions, Politics, Allies, and Vested Interests
  • The Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) Initiative
  • 4. Utstein
  • Introduction
  • The Utstein Abbey Meeting
  • From Projects to Budget Support
  • The Bureaucracies
  • The Networks
  • The Utstein Principles
  • Concrete Actions from Utstein
  • 5. Aid Effectiveness: The Multilateral Dimension
  • Introduction
  • Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers
  • United Nations Reform
  • A Tale of Two Cities
  • Conclusion
  • 6. Aid Effectiveness: The Bilateral Dimension
  • Introduction
  • The First Steps
  • European Aid
  • Tanzania
  • The 'Big Tables'
  • Fragile States
  • Looking Back
  • 7. Improving the International Development Architecture
  • Introduction
  • The Millennium Development Goals
  • The Quest for the Elusive 0.7 Per Cent Goal
  • The Road to Monterrey
  • The Monterrey Consensus
  • Education for All
  • Health Targets and Initiatives
  • In Retrospect
  • 8. Poverty has a Woman's face
  • Introduction
  • Before They Were Ministers
  • Programme Priorities
  • Multilateral Initiatives
  • Conclusion
  • 9. A Coherence Deficit
  • Introduction
  • Trade Policy
  • The Untying Saga
  • The Environment
  • In Retrospect
  • 10. The Long Transition
  • Introduction
  • New Faces, New Networks
  • Aid Effectiveness
  • The UN Millennium Plus-5 Summit
  • Coherence Revisited: The Doha Round Continued
  • Debt, Finance, and International Financial Institutions (IFIs)
  • UN Reform
  • Carrying the Banner Alone
  • And what about Poverty?
  • The Doha Finance and Development Conference
  • Continuing Progress
  • 11. The Legacy in Troubled Times
  • Introduction
  • 2008 and Its Aftermath
  • Aid Effectiveness
  • Changing Politics and Policies
  • Fragile States
  • Coherence
  • Assessment
  • 12. The Future
  • Introduction
  • The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
  • Lessons from the U4 Experience
  • The Next Steps.

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