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REFORMING SOCIAL POLICY
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he 20th century has been a remarkable age of material advancement
and sociopolitical transformation. By any yardstick, people
around the world have witnessed profound changes in their conditions
of life. For example, the 1997 edition of the Human Development
Report of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
painted an impressive picture of major advances in the last 50 years:
infant mortality rates have dropped to less than 60 per 1 000 births (a
reduction of nearly 60%); adult illiteracy has been cut in half; primaryschool
enrollment has come to include more than three-quarters of the
school age population, with notable increases for girls; life expectancy
has increased to the age of 40 for 75% of the world's population.
Yet, these impressive achievements stand in stark contrast to persistent
poverty, striking inequities in the distribution of the benefits of
development, and wide-scale social exclusion or marginalization. The
report indicated that 1.3 billion people (mainly women and children)
in the developing world live on less than 1 United States dollar (USD)
a day; 800 million people are malnourished; disparities between the
rich and the poor remain vast in most regions, particularly in Africa
and Latin America. Nonetheless, the report maintained that the eradication
of extreme poverty in the first decades of the 21st century is a
feasible and affordable goal.
Daniel A. Morales-Gomez Necla Tschirgi and Jennifer L Moher - Personal Name
1st Edition
0-88936-878-3
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REFORMING SOCIAL POLICY
Management
English
International Development Research Centre
2000
USA
1-170
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