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Annotation UN Contributions to Development Thinking and Practiceis at once a history of the ideas and realities of international development, from the classical economists To The recent emphasis on human rights, and a history of the UN's role in shaping and implementing development paradigms ov...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Jolly, Richard
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2004.
Series:United Nations intellectual history project (Series)
Subjects:
United Nations > History.
Nations Unies > Histoire.
United Nations
UNDP
Vereinte Nationen
Geschichte.
Economic development > International cooperation > History.
Human rights > Economic aspects.
Poverty > Prevention.
Développement économique > Coopération internationale > Histoire.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > Aspect économique.
Pauvreté > Prévention.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Government & Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Economic Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Business Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Structural Adjustment.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > General.
Economic development > International cooperation
Human rights > Economic aspects
Poverty > Prevention
Entwicklungspolitik
Verenigde Naties.
Economische ontwikkeling.
Armoede.
Mensenrechten.
Theorieën.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Has there been progress? : values and criteria for UN history
  • The history of development thinking from Adam Smith to John Maynard Keynes
  • The 1940s and 1950s : the foundations of UN development thinking and practice
  • The 1960s : the UN development decade--mobilizing for development
  • The 1970s : equity in development
  • The 1980s : losing control and marginalizing the poorest
  • The 1990s : rediscovering a human vision
  • Building the human foundations
  • Structural and sectoral change
  • The record of performance
  • UN contributions and missed opportunities
  • Lessons for the future : development thinking and the UN's future
  • Appendix: Country categories and distribution of population and GDP by regions.

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