ESCWA Publication: E/ESCWA/SDD/2012/WP.1
Country: Arab region
Publication Type: Working papers
Cluster: 2030 Agenda and SDG Coordination
Focus Area: 2030 Agenda, Governance & enabling environment, Inclusive development, Future of employment
Initiatives: Sustainable urban development
SDGs: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
Keywords: Arab countries, Basic services, Development planning, Economic growth, Education, Employment, Health services, Persons with disabilities, Social policy, Social security, Social services
Towards comprehensive social policy for equality and the millennium development goals
January 2012
As governments bear the main responsibility of providing basic social services and social protection schemes, the paper will focus on the inner circles of the social policy framework, which correspond to MDGs one through six, and examine the breadth and reach of social policies. First, it will examine social policies which have contributed both to the progress towards and shortcomings in achieving MDGs, along with the levels of inequality in social policy areas of health, education, labour and employment and social protection. Then it will present a social policy framework and argue for social policy strategies which promote equality and drive development.
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As governments bear the main responsibility of providing basic social services and social protection schemes, the paper will focus on the inner circles of the social policy framework, which correspond to MDGs one through six, and examine the breadth and reach of social policies. First, it will examine social policies which have contributed both to the progress towards and shortcomings in achieving MDGs, along with the levels of inequality in social policy areas of health, education, labour and employment and social protection. Then it will present a social policy framework and argue for social policy strategies which promote equality and drive development.
