Alternative development strategies for the post-2015 era

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Alternative development strategies for the post-2015 era

Statement of responsibility

edited by José Antonio Alonso, Giovanni Andrea Cornia, Rob Vos

Title variation

Alternative development strategies in the post-2015 era

Creator

• Alonso, José Antonio

Contributor

• Cornia, Giovanni Andrea
• United Nations
• Vos, Rob, 1955-

Editor

• Alonso, José Antonio
• United Nations
• Cornia, Giovanni Andrea
• Vos, Rob, 1955-

Subject

• Economic development
• Millennium Development Goals
• Globalization -- Economic aspects

Language

eng

Summary

"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"--

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• United Nations series on development

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Provided by Publisher

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YDXCP

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illustrations

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index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

The United Nations series on development