Sustaining Gains in Poverty Reduction and Human Development in the Middle East and North Africa

Sustaining Gains in Poverty Reduction and Human Development in the Middle East and North Africa
ISBN-10
0821365282
ISBN-13
9780821365281
Category
Social Science
Pages
106
Language
English
Published
2006-01-01
Publisher
World Bank Publications
Author
Farrukh Iqbal

Description

This book reviews the experience of the MENA region with poverty and human development since the mid-1980s. It finds that poverty rates did not decline by much during this period while health and education indicators improved substantially. The stagnation of poverty rates is ascribed to the stagnation of the region's economies during this period while the improvement in human indicators is likely due to several factors including improvement in the delivery of public health and education services.

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