Global monitoring report 2004 policies and actions for achieving the Millenium Development Goals and related outcomes.
- Washington, DC International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the World Bank c2004.
- xxii, 228 p. ill. 28 cm.
Prepared jointly by The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-228).
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Overview: From Vision to Action Framework Monitoring Framework MDG Prospects: Reasons for Optimism, Grave Concerns Developing-Country Policies Overall Picture Improving Enabling Climate for Growth: Economic and Financial Policies Upgrading Public Sector Governance Strengthening Infrastructure Accelerating Human Development Promoting Environmental Sustainability Developed-Country Policies Fostering Growth and Stability: Macro-financial Policies Dismantling Barriers to Trade Providing More and Better Aid Fulfilling Responsibilities for Global Public Goods Role of International Financial Institutions Monitoring the IFIs' Contribution Millennium Development Goals An action plan for improving development statistics Strengthening the links between PRSPs and the MDGs East Asia and Pacific: Despite solid performance on MDGs, challenges remain Improving fiscal transparency through ROSCs The African Peer Review Mechanism: self-assessing governance Governance in Africa -- progress on a difficult agenda Water supply and sanitation in the MDGs Rwanda: HIV/AIDS and health expenditures The case of the missing money: monitoring public expenditure The Bangladesh Female Secondary School Assistance Program Multisectoral interventions to achieve the MDGs: lessons from child mortality in rural India The United Nations Task Force on Environmental Sustainability Differences between remittances and capital flows The EU's Common Agricultural Policy reform Lessons from Integrated Framework diagnostic trade integration studies Estimating the cost of the MDGs Measuring aid selectivity Vietnam's comprehensive government-led harmonization program International Task Force on Global Public Goods Progress toward environmental sustainability through performance review and peer pressure International environmental agreements: toward global cooperation, with some notable exceptions Framework for assessing IFI contributions Results-based CAS Proposed IDA14 results-measurement system Sectorwide approach to primary education development Framework linking policies and actions with development outcomes Monitoring: dimensions of developing-country policies Monitoring: dimensions of developed-country policies Monitoring: dimensions of development agency support Growth prospects improve, but not enough Most regions will reach the goal of halving poverty by 2015, but Sub-Saharan Africa is seriously off track Mortality at a given level of national income has been declining A few regions are close to the target on primary education: others are off track Prospects for reaching the child mortality goal are dim Reform combined with stronger partner support can substantially boost prospects for achieving the MDGs Developing countries' policies have improved; governance and institutions lag Other ratings corroborate that developing-country policies have improved but that governance and institutions lag The transition countries are making broad progress in removing obstacles to business The developing-country policy diamond shows progress, but much more is needed Faster growing countries typically have better macroeconomic policies Better-off countries tend to restrict trade less Overall policy on trade in services remains more restrictive in developing countries Heavy regulation is associated with lower productivity Heavier regulation contributes to the informal economy and corruption More regulation does not necessarily produce better social outcomes Protecting property rights is associated with more credit Poor countries regulate the most Low-income countries lag far behind best practice in promoting business Low-income countries lag the most in property rights and rule of law Countries are improving their private business environment xxii -- 1 -- Part I 19 -- 1 21 -- 2 33 -- Part II 49 -- 3 51 -- 4 57 -- 5 81 -- 6 93 -- 7 107 -- 8 125 -- Part III 131 -- 9 133 -- 10 143 -- 11 163 -- 12 181 -- Part IV 189 -- 13 191 -- xxii -- 1.1 24 -- 1.2 30 -- 2.1 38 -- 5.1 84 -- 5.2 89 -- 5.3 90 -- 6.1 104 -- 7.1 112 -- 7.2 115 -- 7.3 117 -- 8.1 128 -- 8.2 128 -- 9.1 139 -- 10.1 149 -- 10.2 158 -- 11.1 167 -- 11.2 171 -- 11.3 176 -- 12.1 182 -- 12.2 183 -- 12.3 184 -- 13.1 192 -- 13.2 200 -- 13.3 206 -- 13.4 209 -- 1.1 25 -- 1.2 27 -- 1.3 28 -- 1.4 30 -- 2.1 35 -- 2.2 37 -- 2.3 40 -- 2.4 41 -- 2.5 43 -- 2.6 46 -- 3.1 52 -- 3.2 54 -- 3.3 55 -- 3.4 55 -- 4.1 59 -- 4.2 65 -- 4.3 66 -- 4.4 67 -- 4.5 68 -- 4.6 68 -- 4.7 69 -- 4.8 70 -- 4.9 71 -- 4.10 72 -- 4.11 73.
An integrated assessment of the policies and actions by developing countries, developed countries, and international financial institutions that are needed to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. The Report provides an assessment of how the vario us parties are playing their part and highlights progress on the development policy agenda.
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