Developmental State and Millennium Development Goals

Country Experiences

Prior to the 2016 Sustainable Development Goals, the United Nations (UN) had eight "global goals" set out to all 191 UN member states at that time, and at least 22 international organizations. Seven out of the eight United National Millennium Development Goals are social goals. The attainment of such goals would require a substantial proportion of public sector expenditure. Without a robust rate of economic growth, whatever is achieved cannot be sustainable. Developmental State and Millennium Development Goals argues that this is the main reason why some of the largest developing countries fell short in achieving the goals.

Contents:

• Realising Millennium Development Goals: A Case of Making the State Look Globally Powerful (Kartik Roy)
• The Interventionist State in the Attainment of Developmental Goals (Kartik Roy and Yogesh Vansiya)
• From Quasi-educated Unskilled Labour to Skill Endowed Human Capital: A Firm Level Experience in India (Sandip Kar)
• Eradication of Extreme Poverty: A Regional Experience in Provincial India (Hemali Desai)
• Gender-based Inequality in India: An Inter-state Analysis (Sarita Agrawal)
• Trade Governance in Emerging States Under Global Trade Partnership (Kartik Roy)
• Trade for Economic Development in Sub-Saharan (Eastern) Africa: A Critical Commentary (Katarzyna Ann Nawrot)
• Improving Competitiveness and Economic Development Through FDI (Ivana Domazet)
• Tourism in the Realisation of India's Developmental Goals (Gaurang Dattubhai Rami)
• From Stockholm Declaration to Millennium Development Goals: The United Nation's Journey to Environmental Sustainability (Choy Yee Keong)
• Between Development and Sustainability: Adaptation Strategies for China and Indonesia (James Ferguson and Rosita Dellios)
• Geopolitics of Development: Opportunities for China and India (Rosita Dellios and James Ferguson)
• Shadow Economy and Corruption: India, China and Brazil (Kartik Roy)
• Effort to Realise Developmental Goals: Lessons Learnt (Kartik Roy)

Readership: Advance undergraduates taking developmental economics modules and researchers considering the sustainability of the SGDs and MDGs.
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