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UN contributions to development thinking and practice

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors: Jolly, Richard.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2004.
Series:United Nations intellectual history project.
Subjects:
United Nations > History.
Economic development > International cooperation > History.
Human rights > Economic aspects.
Poverty > Prevention.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Click to View
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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