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The United Nations Development Programme and System

The United Nations Development Programme and System

Stephen Browne

This volume provides a short and accessible introduction to the organization that serves as the primary coordinator of the work of the UN system throughout the developing world –the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
United Nations Development Programme and System (UNDP)

United Nations Development Programme and System (UNDP)

Stephen Browne

This volume provides a short and accessible introduction to the organization that serves as the primary coordinator of the work of the UN system throughout the developing world –the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Leadership for Development: What Globalization Demands of ...

Leadership for Development: What Globalization Demands of ...

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A. K. Sen, Development as Freedom (New York: Knopf, 1999). 8. United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report, 1990 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1990). 9. J. Justin Gustainis, “Autocratic Leadership,” in G. R. ...
Gangs in the Caribbean

Gangs in the Caribbean

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Zimmermann, Robert, Carol Lawes, and Nanette Svenson, eds. Caribbean human development report 2012: Human development and the shift to better citizen security. New York: United Nations Development Programme. CHAPTER THREE ...
Effectiveness and Reform of the United Nations Development ...

Effectiveness and Reform of the United Nations Development ...

Stephan Klingebiel

The United Nations' development co-operation has often been criticized in the past; many shortcomings can indeed be identified.
Effectiveness and Reform of the United Nations Development ...

Effectiveness and Reform of the United Nations Development ...

Stephan Klingebiel

The United Nations' development co-operation has often been criticized in the past; many shortcomings can indeed be identified.
United Nations Industrial Development Organization: ...

United Nations Industrial Development Organization: ...

Stephen Browne

The mandate of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is close to many of the core issues now confronting developing and transition economy countries, and this book offers the first concise and accessible guide to ...
Global Public Goods Financing

Global Public Goods Financing

United Nations Development Programme

The concept of global public goods (GPG) is an important new approach that addresses the challenges raised by globalisation and attempts to move towards international equity and sustainability.
International Cooperation at a Crossroads: Aid, Trade and ...

International Cooperation at a Crossroads: Aid, Trade and ...

United Nations Development Programme

The New Geography of Global Income Inequality. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. Fiszbein, Ariel, Paula Inés Giovagnoli, and Isidro Adúriz. 2002. “ Argentina's Crisis and Its Impact on Household Welfare.” Working Paper 1/02.
Green pioneers: stories from the grassroots

Green pioneers: stories from the grassroots

United Nations Development Programme

Interviews with Dr. Ejaz Ahmed and Aamir Saeed of WWF, members of the JVCDC and a field visit conducted by Mehjabeen Abidi Habib. WWF is a beneficiary of a grant from GEF/SGP UNDP's association with this NGO carries with it many ...
The Distribution of Wealth in Rural China

The Distribution of Wealth in Rural China

Terry McKinley

McKinley, a policy analyst with the United Nations Development Programme, has analyzed a 1988 survey of over 10,000 rural households by an agency of the Chinese government to assess the distribution of land, fixed productive assets, housing ...
Delegations to the United Nations

Delegations to the United Nations

United Nations

... Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative, United Nations Office, Geneva •H.E. Dr. Alfonso de ROSENZWEIG DIAZ, Jr.2 Ministry of Foreign Affairs H.E. Dr. Mario Espinosa de LOS REYES2 Ambassador Extraordinary and  ...
The United Nations Millennium and Sustainable Development ...

The United Nations Millennium and Sustainable Development ...

Dr. LaVonne Downey

Dr. LaVonne Downey, Dr. Monique Herard, Mary Lorraine Andoh, Kenia Marreros, Sharon Darrow, Paul Dismukes, Denise Cahue, Lashondra Graves, Gary Baker, Rachel Dalton, Blessing Jaja, Eric Kelley. The United Nations Millennium and ...
New Millennium, New Perspectives: The United Nations, ...

New Millennium, New Perspectives: The United Nations, ...

United Nations University

The authors of this volume tie together the worlds of ideas and policy. They are united in the conviction that academic and policy debates must be integrated if they are to be translated into feasible and relevant options.
The United Nations

The United Nations

Edna Epstein

Discusses the purpose and organization of the United Nations and describes the work of its many specialized agencies.
The First Book of the United Nations

The First Book of the United Nations

Edna Epstein

Discusses the purpose and organization of the United Nations and describes the work of its many specialized agencies.
Reforming the United Nations [electronic resource]: the ...

Reforming the United Nations [electronic resource]: the ...

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The United Nations is in need of reform. There has always been widespread agreement that this is the case - indeed throughout the 60-year history of the Organization.
The United Nations

The United Nations

Harold Woods

Describes the history, goals, organization, and specialized agencies of the United Nations and examines the world problems it encounters.
Search for Peace: The Story of the United Nations

Search for Peace: The Story of the United Nations

William Jay Jacobs

An overview of the United Nations: its formation, its successes and failures as international peacekeeper, the prospects for the future.
The United Nations: Confronting the Challenges of a Global ...

The United Nations: Confronting the Challenges of a Global ...

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An accessible introduction to the politics and processes of the United Nations, tracing the evolution of the organization from its founding to the present debates about reform.
A Human Development Index for West Virginia Counties

A Human Development Index for West Virginia Counties

Alison Chisholm Hanham

Using the United Nations Human Development reports as a model, this paper represents ... a way of assessing human development and quality of life at the county level in West Virginia.

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