Focus on Poverty: Research on International Development Financing

Author: Zhong Wei, Zhang Ming, Qian Donghai
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Publish Date: 2006-11-01
Features: This book provides a comprehensive and in-depth analysis and research on the issue of development financing for the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The book consists of eight chapters. Chapter introduces the essence of development financing and major international initiatives, including the Millennium Development Goals, the Monterrey Consensus, and the Rome Declaration on Harmonization. Chapters 2 and 3 respectively elaborate on the mobilization mechanisms, allocation mechanisms, safeguard mechanisms, and performance evaluation mechanisms for development resources. Chapters 4 to 7 specifically discuss new mechanisms of development financing: aviation taxes, carbon emission taxes, the Tobin Tax (CTT), new Special Drawing Rights (NewSDRs), International Financing Facilities (IFF), and the International Immunization Financing Mechanism (IFFIm). At the end, Chapter 8 conducts an in-depth analysis of China's strategic interests and positions on development financing under realistic conditions. The book introduces readers to an overview of international development financing through extensive charts and analyses, provides an in-depth analysis and discussion of how to achieve the Millennium Development Goals under current conditions, and offers a detailed summary of the strengths, weaknesses, and impacts of several new development financing mechanisms. It also collects attitudes of countries toward different financing mechanisms, providing readers with objective and practical hand data. Additionally, the book explains some concepts in detail through special columns, facilitating readers' extended understanding of related concepts. As the research on "Focusing on Poverty: International Development Financing Studies" progresses, we encountered a series of new issues that were quite unfamiliar to our previous research experience but could potentially impact our future research and even our attitude toward survival. From the economic theories firmly believed by many scholars, including the Millennium Development Goals, international poverty reduction and development financing may ultimately prove futile. We are concerned and have attempted to publish this pamphlet domestically, a costly but worthwhile endeavor.
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