J1 Demographic Economics

摘要

ANAND, SUDHIR; DESMOND, CHRIS; MARQUES,Nadejda and Fuje, Habtamu. The Cost of Inaction: Case Studies from Rwanda and Angola. Foreword by Amartya Sen. Cambridge and London: Harvard University Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights; distributed by Harvard University Press, 2012. Pp. vi, 333. $19.95, paper. ISBN 978-0-674-06558-1. Explores the costs of inaction related to children's nutrition, health, and education and presents case studies of different types of investment in child development and capability expansion, focusing on Rwanda and Angola. Discusses the cost of inaction-concept and content; Rwanda country background; priority areas in Rwanda; scaled-up Francois-Xavier Bagnaub Center intervention-an integrated approach to poverty reduction; expanding secondary education in Rwanda; a school-feeding program in Rwanda; Angola country background; priority areas in Angola; a community health care system in Angola; strengthening the education system in Angola; and HIV prevention through male circumcision in the province of Cunene. Index.