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UN Millennium Development Library: A Home in The City (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

More than 900 million people currently live in urban slums and the number is growing as rapid urbanization continues in the developing world. A Home in the City urges countries to strengthen their focus on the growing urban crisis and improving the lives of slum dwellers. Proposed are specific investments and policy changes required at local and national levels to create a vibrant, equitable and productive urban environment. It underscores the need for close strategic partnerships between local authorities and organizations of the urban poor for slum upgrading and improved urban management. From adopting citywide strategies and establishing adequate and affordable infrastructure and services, to building effective public transport and constructing low-income housing, it offers valuable methods to prevent future slum formation and to improve the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers by 2020.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136550775
• Artikelnr.: 38442907

Autorenporträt

UN Millennium Project

Inhaltsangabe

Task force members
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Millennium Development Goals
Executive summary
Part Setting the stage
Chapter
1 The task force's contribution
Task force methods
Audience and organization of the report
The contribution of the task force
Chapter
2 Education and society: multiple benefits, unrealized potential
Education is society's main instrument for reproducing itself and can be a key ingredient for social change
Education is an end in itself and has tremendous benefits for individuals and society
The benefits of education are conditioned by the context
Chapter
3 The Goals and the history of goal
setting in education
A host of factors affect enrollment and retention rates
Learning achievement needs to be measured
Conclusions and future prospects
Part Education systems in developing countries: income, institutions, and incentives
Chapter
5 Education systems in developing countries
High
performing educational systems can achieve results even with limited resources
Countries with low
performing systems need to address a variety of governance problems
Conclusion
Chapter
6 Strategies for creating more and better educational opportunities
Strategy : get out
of
school children into school
Strategy : create better institutions, increase transparency, and provide better incentives
Chapter
7 Financing the education Goals
Part . Forging an international compact for education: roles and responsibilities of donors and developing countries
Chapter
8 A global compact for basic education
Chapter
9 What donors should do
Recommendation : support bold political leadership and provide firm financial commitments to make Education for All and the Fast Track Initiative work
Recommendation : reform the donor business
Recommendation : use a transparent accountability framework for reporting
Recommendation : invest in genuine evaluation
Chapter
10 A call to action
Appendixes
Appendix
1. Commissioned papers for education report
Appendix
2. Summary of the civil society e
discussion on the education report of the Task Force on Education and Gender Equality
Appendix
3. Success stories in policy interventions toward high quality universal primary education
Appendix
4. Data issues
Appendix
5. Major initiatives that promote the Millennium Development Goals on education and gender equality
Appendix
6. Need for postprimary education
Notes
References.