Contributions to Development Thinking and Practice

Name: Contributions to Development Thinking and Practice
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ISBN: 9780253216847

ISBN-10: 0253216842

ISBN-13: 9780253216847

Edition: 2004

Authors: Richard Jolly, Louis Emmerij, Dharam Ghai, ï¿½dï¿½ric Lapeyre, ï¿½dï¿½ric Lapeyre

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The authors argue that the UN Charter is infused with the human values & human concerns that are at the centre of the UN's thinking on economic & human development today. They show how the UN's approach to development has evolved to include a broad range of social issues, from poverty reduction to equality.

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List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 6/18/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.25" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English

Thomas G. Weiss is Presidential Professor of Political Science at The CUNY Graduate Center and Director of its Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies.Tatiana Carayannis is Research Manager of the United Nations Intellectual History Project.Louis Emmerij is Senior Research Fellow at The CUNY Graduate Center's Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies.Richard Jolly is Senior Research Fellow at The CUNY Graduate Center's Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies and Professor Emeritus at the University of Sussex.



List of Boxes, Tables, and Figures


Foreword



Preface and Acknowledgments


List of Abbreviations



Values and History



Has There Been Progress? Values and Criteria for UN History



The History of Development Thinking from Adam Smith to John Maynard Keynes



Ideas and Action



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



Outcomes and the Future



The Record of Performance



UN Contributions and Missed Opportunities



Lessons for the Future: Development Thinking and the UN's Future



Country Categories and Distribution of Population and GDP by Regions


Notes


Index


About the Authors


About the Project