Economic Alternatives for Growth, Employment and Poverty Reduction

1. Introduction: Alternative Economic Policies for Growth, Employment and Poverty Reduction: A Progressive Policy Agenda for Developing Countries
Terry McKinley

Chapter I. Alternative Macroeconomic Policies

2. The Macroeconomic Implications of MDG-Based Strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa
John Weeks, Terry McKinley

3. Pro-Growth Alternatives for Monetary and Financial Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa
Robert Pollin, Gerald Epstein, James Heintz

4. Addressing Global Imbalances: A Development-Oriented Policy Agenda
Alex Izurieta, Terry McKinley

Chapter II. Economic Consequences of Scaling Up ODA

5. The Macroeconomic Debate on Scaling Up HIV/AIDS Financing
Terry McKinley, Degol Hailu

6. Why Is ‘The Dutch Disease’ Always a Disease?* The Macroeconomic Consequences of Scaling Up ODA
Terry McKinley

7. The Impact of Foreign Aid on Government Spending, Revenue and Domestic Borrowing in Ethiopia
Pedro M. G. Martins

8. Managing the Exchange Rate Consequences of an MDG-Related Scale-Up in HIV/AIDS Financing
John Serieux

Chapter III. Public Finance and Debt Relief

9. Gearing Public Finance to Growth, Employment and Poverty Reduction in Moldova
Terry McKinley

10. Does Debt Relief Increase Fiscal Space in Zambia? The MDG Implications
John Weeks, Terry McKinley

11. The Reduction of Fiscal Space in Zambia—Dutch Disease and Tight-Money Conditionalities
John Weeks

Chapter IV. Policies for Transforming Growth into Employment Generation

12. An Employment-Targeted Economic Program for South Africa
Robert Pollin, Gerald Epstein, James Heintz, Léonce Ndikumana

13. A Proposed Strategy for Growth, Employment and Poverty Reduction in Uzbekistan
Terry McKinley, John Weeks

14. Strengthening the Employment Impact of an MDG-Based Development Strategy for Yemen
Terry McKinley

Nyckelord: Economics, Development Economics, Labor Economics, International Economics, Sustainability Management, Poverty, Aid and Development