Advancing social development : a World Bank contribution to the social summit

The development experience of the past forty years has been an astonishing success: life expectancy and education levels have increased dramatically, and average per capita incomes in the developing world have doubled. Still, much remains to be done. Over one billion people worldwide struggle to sur...

• Main Author: Ablo, Emmanuel Y
• Corporate Author: Banco Mundial
• Format: Book
• Published: Washington, D.C. World Bank 1995
• Subjects: DESARROLLO SOCIAL; CAPITAL HUMANO; PROGRESO SOCIAL

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Executive summary
• 1. Progress in social development
• 2. The critical role of government
• 3. The economic fundamentals: the importance of markets
• 4. Policy reforms. the poor, and safety nets
• 5. Labor market policies
• 6. Developing human capital
• 7. The World Bank and Social Development
• Selected bibliography.
• Boxes
• Figures.