Millennium Development Goals: Ideas, Interests and Influence

by Sakiko Fukuda-Parr

Book Overview

Heralded as a success that mobilized support for development, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) ushered in an era of setting development agendas by setting global goals. This book critically evaluates the MDG experience from the capabilities and human rights perspectives, and questions the use of quantitative targets as an instrument of global governance. It provides an account of their origins, trajectory and influence in shaping the policy...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138219908
• ISBN13: 9781138219908
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 251 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"