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Access to Basic Services for the Poor: The Importance of Good Governance
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| Author(s):
Macroeconomic Policy and Development Division (MPDD)
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| Economic Sector(s):
(1) Housing; (2) Protection and promotion of health; (3) Education system policy, planning and management; (4) Advancement of women |
| ESCAP Reference
No.: ST/ESCAP/2438 |
| Division/Office:
Macroeconomic Policy and Development |
| Published Date:
2007 |
| Country:
{Non-country Specific Publication} |
| Hard Copy Price:
Free
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| This publication elaborates on the need for good governance to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and eradicate extreme poverty. It argues that achieving the Goals is not simply about money. It is about removing physical, legal, financial, socio-cultural and political barriers to basic services for all, in particular for the poor and disadvantaged groups.
This report presents a number of strategies for removing such barriers, including broadening the range of service providers to include the formal and informal private sector, civil society organizations and traditional institutions. Their involvement as service providers, however, requires a review and, where necessary, a revision of the framework that regulates the provision of basic services.
Paramount, however, is an adherence to good governance and the principles of inclusiveness and equity. In this respect, the paper adopts a rights-based approach to development as the guiding principle. This approach reminds governments of the need to be inclusive and to ensure that all people have access to basic services and share in the benefits of development. |
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Preface
Acknowledgements
Executive Summary
Introduction
The regional context
Poverty defined
Millennium Development Goals
Chapter 1: Barriers to Services
The poverty challenge
Accessing basic services
Availability and quality
Financial barriers
Legal barriers
Socio-cultural barriers
Chapter 2: Strategies to Overcome Barriers
Removing financial barriers
Matching services with conditions
Broadening the range of providers
Public-private partnerships
Community-based service provision
Recognizing extralegal realities
Decentralization
Chapter 3: The Importance of Good Governance
Political barriers
The rights-based approach
Good governance
Involving the poor
Reaching the poor
Empowering the poor
Chapter 4: Conclusions
References
Annexes |
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