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

Farrukh Iqbal

No 7048 in World Bank Publications - Books from The World Bank Group

Abstract: This book reviews the experience of the Middle East and North Africa 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.

Keywords: Social Protections and Labor - Safety Nets and Transfers Services and Transfers to Poor Health Monitoring and Evaluation Poverty Reduction - Rural Poverty Reduction Poverty Reduction - Achieving Shared Growth Health; Nutrition and Population (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
ISBN: 978-0-8213-6527-4
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