Economic Alternatives for Growth, Employment and Poverty Reduction: Progressive Policy Recommendations for Developing Countries [Hardcover]

This book is a collection of working papers, policy briefs and training modules, published by the International Poverty Centre in Brazil, which provides a comprehensives set of recommendations for alternative economic policies that can generate growth, employment and poverty reduction in developing countries.Introduction; T.McKinley? & J.Weeks PART I: ALTERNATIVE MACROECONOMIC POLICIES The Macroeconomic Implications of MDG-Based Strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa; J.Weeks ?& T.McKinley Pro-Growth Alternatives for Monetary and Financial Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa; R.Pollin, G.Epstein ?& J.Heintz Training Modules on 'Economic Policies, MDGs and Poverty' Fiscal Policy; J.Weeks ?& S.Patel Monetary Policy; A.Saad Filho Financial Policy; G.Epstein ?& I.Grabel PART II: ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF SCALING UP ODA: The Macroeconomic Debate on Scaling up HIV/AIDS Financing; T.McKinley ?& D.Hailu Why Is the 'Dutch Disease' Always a Disease? The Macroeconomic Consequences of Scaling up ODA; T.McKinley Managing the Exchange-Rate Consequences of an MDG-Related Scale-up in HIV/AIDS Financing; J.Serieux The Impact of Foreign Aid on Government Spending, Revenue and Domestic Borrowing in Ethiopia; P.M.G.Martins PART III: PUBLIC FINANCE AND DEBT RELIEF Gearing Public Finance to Growth, Employment and Poverty Reduction in Moldova; T.McKinley Does Debt Relief Increase Fiscal Space in Zambia? The MDG Implications; J.Weeks ?& T.McKinley Moldova's Middle-Income 'Mistaken Identity': The Severe Income and Human Development Costs; J.Weeks The Reduction of Fiscal Space in Zambia Dutch Disease and Tight-Money Conditionalities; J.Weeks PART IV: ALTERNATIVE STRUCTURAL REFORMS Privatising Basic Utilities in Sub-Saharan Africa: the MDG Impact; K.Bayliss ?& T.McKinley Monetary Policy and Financial Sector Reform for Employment Creation and Poverty Reduction in Ghana; G.Epstein ?& J.Heintz PART V: POLICIES FOR TRANSFORMING GROWTH INTO EMPLOYMENT GENERATION An EmploymelÓ4