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Since the mid-1990s, poverty reduction and the achievement of better living conditions in poor countries have slowly gained a place on the national policy agenda of developing countries, while, following the adoption of the Millennium Development Goals, the achievement of quantitative targets in these areas has become the main goal of international development.
The author would like to thank Yilmaz Akyuz, Stephan Klasen, Gerry Helleiner and José Antonio Ocampo for discussions and comments on earlier drafts of this chapter. The usual disclaimers apply.
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Cornia, G.A. (2006). Potential and Limitations of Pro-Poor Macroeconomics: An Overview. In: Cornia, G.A. (eds) Pro-Poor Macroeconomics. Social Policy in a Development Context. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230627901_1
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