As the end of the second millennium draws near, the world view guiding the formulation of economic policies and the role of the state in social and economic development has undergone a radical shift within the relatively short time of about a decade and a half. This shift is likely to have important implications for the national and international approaches to thinking about population and development policies, and particularly the instruments available to ...
The international community has committed itself to an ambitious programme of social development for the opening decades of the twenty-first century. Attacking poverty directly--as a matter of human rights to accelerate development and a reduce inequality within and among the countries--has become an urgent global priority. World leaders have agreed on a variety of new initiatives, including the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals. This book encompasses ...
World Health Organization has been trying since long to reduce the problems faced by the people’s of Asia Pacific region through various developmental schemes but all it efforts seem fatal as the problems are growing through much speedy pace. The editor had tried to trace the patterns and dimensions of the problems in this region.