EAN: 9780821362495

WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT WORLD DEVELOPMENT RE...

The World Development Report 2006: Equity and Opportunity presents a social development
strategy organized around the themes of social inclusion  cohesion  and accountability. It
examines equality of opportunities - a potentially important factor affecting both the workings
of the investment environment and the empowerment of the poor - by building on and extending
existing accountability frameworks presented in the 2005 Report. The Report is divided into
three parts. Part I describes patterns of inequality in a range of variables both at the
national and global level-incomes  educational achievements  health indicators  power  and
influence. Part II highlights reasons why some levels of inequality in the variables presented
in Part I may be too high-whether for intrinsic reasons or because they harm the attainment of
competing values  such as the level of goods and services in the economy. Part III discusses
policies that affect the relationship between equity and the development process at a national
and global level. This section includes policies that could help reduce the levels of some
intermediate inequalities and focuses on circumstances in which these polices form the basis
for more rapid overall development and faster poverty reduction. Now in its twenty-eighth
edition  the World Development Report offers practical insights for policymakers  business
developers  economic advisers  researchers  and professionals in the media and in
non-governmental organizations. It is also an essential supplement to economic and development
courses in both academic and professional settings.

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