Economic Alternatives for Growth, Employment and Poverty Reduction

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction: Alternative Economic Policies for Growth, Employment and Poverty Reduction: A Progressive Policy Agenda for Developing Countries

   1. Introduction: Alternative Economic Policies for Growth, Employment and Poverty Reduction: A Progressive Policy Agenda for Developing Countries

      • Terry McKinley

      Pages 1-12

3. Alternative Macroeconomic Policies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13

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   2. The Macroeconomic Implications of MDG-Based Strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa

      • John Weeks, Terry McKinley

      Pages 15-23

   3. Pro-Growth Alternatives for Monetary and Financial Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa

      • Robert Pollin, Gerald Epstein, James Heintz

      Pages 24-32

   4. Addressing Global Imbalances: A Development-Oriented Policy Agenda

      • Alex Izurieta, Terry McKinley

      Pages 33-74

4. Economic Consequences of Scaling Up ODA

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75

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   2. The Macroeconomic Debate on Scaling Up HIV/AIDS Financing

      • Terry McKinley, Degol Hailu

      Pages 77-84

   3. Why Is ‘The Dutch Disease’ Always a Disease?* The Macroeconomic Consequences of Scaling Up ODA

      • Terry McKinley

      Pages 85-99

   4. The Impact of Foreign Aid on Government Spending, Revenue and Domestic Borrowing in Ethiopia

      • Pedro M. G. Martins

      Pages 100-136

   5. Managing the Exchange Rate Consequences of an MDG-Related Scale-Up in HIV/AIDS Financing

      • John Serieux

      Pages 137-159

5. Public Finance and Debt Relief

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 161-161

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   2. Gearing Public Finance to Growth, Employment and Poverty Reduction in Moldova

      • Terry McKinley

      Pages 163-179

   3. Does Debt Relief Increase Fiscal Space in Zambia? The MDG Implications

      • John Weeks, Terry McKinley

      Pages 180-208

   4. The Reduction of Fiscal Space in Zambia—Dutch Disease and Tight-Money Conditionalities

      • John Weeks

      Pages 209-224

6. Policies for Transforming Growth into Employment Generation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 225-225

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   2. An Employment-Targeted Economic Program for South Africa

      • Robert Pollin, Gerald Epstein, James Heintz, Léonce Ndikumana

      Pages 227-240

   3. A Proposed Strategy for Growth, Employment and Poverty Reduction in Uzbekistan

      • Terry McKinley, John Weeks

      Pages 241-271

   4. Strengthening the Employment Impact of an MDG-Based Development Strategy for Yemen

      • Terry McKinley

      Pages 272-291

7. Back Matter

   Pages 292-302

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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.

• Developing Countries
• development
• employment
• fiscal policy
• monetary policy
• poverty
• Structural Reforms
• sustainability
• development aid

• School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK

  Terry McKinley

TERRY MCKINLEY is Director of the Centre for Development Policy and Research, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK. Before joining CDPR, Professor McKinley was Director of the International Poverty Centre, UNDP, Brazil and UNDP Advisor on Economic Policies and Poverty Reduction.

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