Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Macroeconomic Monitoring Framework

dc.creatorAgénor, Pierre-Richard
dc.creatorBayraktar, Nihal
dc.creatorPinto Moreira, Emmanuel
dc.creatorEl Aynaoui, Karim
dc.date2012-06-20T15:34:47Z
dc.date2012-06-20T15:34:47Z
dc.date2005-10
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:28:39Z
dc.descriptionThe authors present an integrated macroeconomic approach to monitoring progress toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Sub-Saharan Africa. At the heart of their approach is a macroeconomic model that captures key linkages between foreign aid, public investment (disaggregated into education, infrastructure, and health), the supply side, and poverty. The model is linked through cross-section regressions to indicators of malnutrition, infant mortality, life expectancy, and access to safe water. A composite MDG indicator is also calculated. The functioning of the framework is illustrated by simulating the impact of an increase in aid and a debt write-off for Niger at the MDG horizon of 2015, under alternative assumptions about the degree of efficiency of public investment. The authors' approach can serve as the building block of Strategy Papers for Human Development (SPAHD), a more encompassing concept than the current "Poverty Reduction" Strategy Papers.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/10/6334783/achieving-millennium-development-goals-sub-saharan-africa-macroeconomic-monitoring-framework
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/8521
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-3750
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/418438
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper; No. 3750
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectACCOUNTING
dc.subjectADJUSTMENT COSTS
dc.subjectAGGREGATE DEMAND
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectBUSINESS CYCLE
dc.subjectCAPITAL
dc.subjectCAPITAL ACCUMULATION
dc.subjectCAPITAL FLOWS
dc.subjectCAPITAL INFLOWS
dc.subjectCENTRAL BANK
dc.subjectCOMPETITIVENESS
dc.subjectCONSUMER PRICE INDEX
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION GROWTH
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION LEVELS
dc.subjectCOUNTRY REGRESSIONS
dc.subjectDEBT
dc.subjectDEBT RELIEF
dc.subjectDECLINING POVERTY
dc.subjectDEMAND SIDE
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPING WORLD
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT GOALS
dc.subjectDISPOSABLE INCOME
dc.subjectDOMESTIC BORROWING
dc.subjectDOMESTIC DEMAND
dc.subjectDYNAMIC PANEL
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectEDUCATED WORKERS
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subjectELASTICITY
dc.subjectELECTRICITY
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL ESTIMATION
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL FINDINGS
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL SUPPORT
dc.subjectENDOGENOUS GROWTH
dc.subjectENDOGENOUS VARIABLES
dc.subjectEQUILIBRIUM VALUE
dc.subjectEXCHANGE RATE REGIME
dc.subjectEXOGENOUS RATE
dc.subjectEXPORTS
dc.subjectFOREIGN AID
dc.subjectFOREIGN CAPITAL
dc.subjectFORMAL ANALYSIS
dc.subjectGDP
dc.subjectGDP PER CAPITA
dc.subjectGINI COEFFICIENT
dc.subjectGOVERNMENT SPENDING
dc.subjectGROWTH
dc.subjectGROWTH ELASTICITY
dc.subjectGROWTH MODELS
dc.subjectGROWTH RATE
dc.subjectGROWTH RATES
dc.subjectHIGH ELASTICITY
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT
dc.subjectIMPROVING GOVERNANCE
dc.subjectIMPROVING PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES
dc.subjectINEFFICIENCY
dc.subjectINFANT MORTALITY
dc.subjectINFLATION
dc.subjectINFRASTRUCTURE CAPITAL
dc.subjectINTEREST PAYMENTS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectINVESTMENT PROJECTS
dc.subjectINVESTMENT RATES
dc.subjectLANDLOCKED COUNTRIES
dc.subjectLIFE EXPECTANCY
dc.subjectLIQUIDITY
dc.subjectLIQUIDITY CONSTRAINTS
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS
dc.subjectLOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subjectMACROECONOMIC FRAMEWORK
dc.subjectMACROECONOMIC VARIABLES
dc.subjectMACROECONOMICS
dc.subjectMEMBER COUNTRIES
dc.subjectMORAL HAZARD
dc.subjectNATIONAL INCOME
dc.subjectNET EFFECT
dc.subjectNET EXPORTS
dc.subjectNET FOREIGN ASSETS
dc.subjectOUTSTANDING STOCK
dc.subjectPOLICY DEBATE
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOOR COUNTRIES
dc.subjectPOSITIVE EFFECT
dc.subjectPOSITIVE EXTERNALITIES
dc.subjectPOSITIVE IMPACT
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINE
dc.subjectPOVERTY RATE
dc.subjectPOVERTY RATES
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
dc.subjectPRIVATE CAPITAL
dc.subjectPRIVATE CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectPRIVATE INVESTMENT
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subjectPRODUCTION COSTS
dc.subjectPUBLIC
dc.subjectPUBLIC CAPITAL
dc.subjectPUBLIC DEBT
dc.subjectPUBLIC EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectPUBLIC FUNDS
dc.subjectPUBLIC INVESTMENT
dc.subjectPUBLIC INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION
dc.subjectPUBLIC INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectPUBLIC RESOURCES
dc.subjectPUBLIC SPENDING
dc.subjectRATE OF RETURN
dc.subjectREAL EXCHANGE RATE
dc.subjectREAL GDP
dc.subjectREAL INCOME
dc.subjectREDUCING POVERTY
dc.subjectROADS
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectSAVING RATE
dc.subjectSAVINGS
dc.subjectSIDE EFFECTS
dc.subjectSIGNIFICANT IMPACT
dc.subjectSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectTAX
dc.subjectTAX RATE
dc.subjectTAX RATES
dc.subjectTAX REVENUE
dc.subjectTAX REVENUES
dc.subjectTAXATION
dc.subjectTECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subjectTELECOMMUNICATIONS
dc.subjectWAGES
dc.titleAchieving the Millennium Development Goals in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Macroeconomic Monitoring Framework

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