| Description |
xvii, 144 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword / Mahbub ul Haq -- 1. The Essential Features of a Human Development Strategy. Human Development as a Means. The Role of the State. Creating a Coalition to Support Human Development -- 2. The Structure of Incentives. Employment and the Labour Market. Access to Finance Capital. Land, Natural Capital and Comparative Advantage. Human Capital and Dynamic Comparative Advantage. Technological Capabilities and Human Development. Complementarities between Public and Private Investment -- 3. Reallocation of Public Sector Resources. The Shape of the Education Pyramid. Access of All to Primary Health Care. Reducing Low-Priority Public Expenditure -- 4. Target-Setting versus a Calculus of Benefits and Costs -- 5. Structural Reforms. Guaranteed Employment. The Distribution of Productive Assets. Food Security. Economic Security -- 6. Human Development and Sustainable Development. Government Failure and Class Bias. Market Failure. Missing Markets. High Discount Rates |
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7. Finance and Administration. Public Sector Prices, Charges and Costs. Taxation and Human Development. Foreign Aid. Decentralisation and Empowerment -- Appendix The Human Development Index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-138) and index |
| Subject |
Community development.
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Economic development.
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Human capital.
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Quality of life.
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Sustainable development.
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| Author |
McKinley, Terry.
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| LC no. |
94005976 |
| ISBN |
0312121792 |
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