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Book SynopsisLeading scholars and practitioners from a range of backgrounds and regions use area-specific case studies to critically assess the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) project and its impact.
Trade Review"Assessing the MDGs is a vital undertaking. Consideration of its success, failures and lessons will light the way forward." Professor Matthew Clarke, Deakin University
Table of ContentsForeword ~ Timothy M Shaw; Introduction: Meeting Future Challenges with Past Lessons ~ Leah McMillan Polonenko and Hany Besada; Part One: Global Challenges; Antipoverty Transfers and Zero Extreme Poverty Targets ~ Armando Barrientos; Fragile and Conflict-affected Situations and the post-2015 Development Agenda ~ Clare Lockhart and Samuel Vincent; The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Millennium Development Goal Attainment in Africa ~ Leah McMillan Polonenko; Resource Geographies in Urban Spaces: Insights from Developing Countries in the Post-2015 Era ~ Cristina D'Alessandro; Part Two: Minority Groups; The Millennium Development Goals, Disability Rights and Special Needs Education in Ethiopia: A Case Study of the Oromiya Region ~ Jeff Grischow; Facing the Global Challenge of Youth Employment ~ Ragui Assaad and Deborah Levison; Women’s Role in Economic Development: Overcoming the Constraints ~ Sarah Bradshaw with Joshua Castellino and Bineta Diop; Marginalised Minorities in Conflict: Women and Millennium Development Goals ~ Sarah Hoesch and Alireza Saniei-Pour; Part Three: Micro Challenges Ideas from Early Childhood Development Approaches to Contribute to Millennium Development Goals’ Achievements in Latin America ~ Laura Agosta; Exploring the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS) as a micro-Millennium Development Goals’ Framework in Nigeria ~ Adebusuyi Isaac Adeniran; Developmental Crises affecting the United Nations Millennium Development Goals Achievements in Bangladesh: A Critical Perspective ~ Saleh Ahmed; Between Progress, Stasis and Reversals: An Analysis of the Millennium Development Goals in Nigeria ~ Olabanji Akinola; North Africa and Middle East: Economic Performance and Social Progress ~ Manmohan Argarwal and Badye Essid; Part Four: Looking Forward; United Nations Millennium Development Goals (UN MDGs) and the Arab Spring: Shedding Light on the Preludes? ~ M. Evren Tok, Nancy Elbassiouny, Sofia Samper and Mohammed Sayeed Showkath; Food Security, Inclusive Growth, Sustainability, and the Sustainable Development Agenda ~ Craig Hanson with contributions from Tim Searchinger, Richard Waite, Betsy Otto, Brian Lipinski and Kelly Levin; Outlook for Global Development Finance – Excess or Shortage? ~ Andrew Sheng; Conclusion ~ Jason McFarlane, Hany Besada, Kathryn Anne Brunton and Alireza Saniei-Pour.
