Development Economist in the United Nations - Reasons for Hope

This book explores the joys and occasional frustrations of a development economist working for the United Nations.

List of contents

Introduction 1.UN development- more pioneering and professional than generally realized 2.Early Life, One Life-Changing Event and Four People 3.Discovering development -Baringo, Kenya 4.Cuba – close-up to the revolution and the Cuban missile crisis 5.Education, UNESCO and ECA 6.Zambia – My first UN mission in the heady days of African Independence 7.Applied Economics in Cambridge and in oil-rich Abu Dhabi 8.ILO and the IDS- employment policy in Colombia, Sri Lanka and Kenya 9.UNICEF -global goals and lessons of successful implementation 10.UNICEF Economists and children 11.UNDP and Human Development 12.UN Ideas that Changed the World 13.The Third UN and the North-South Roundtable 14.Final Words

About the author

Richard Jolly is Honorary Professor and Research Associate of the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex. He was UNICEF’s Deputy Executive Director (1982–1995), Principal Coordinator and co-author of UNDP’s widely acclaimed Human Development Report (1996–2000) and Co-Director of the UN Intellectual History Project (2000–2010). He has written many articles and books on development, including (with Louis Emmerij and Thomas G. Weiss) UN Ideas That Changed the World (2009) and UNICEF: Global Governance That Works (2014). In 2001, he was knighted for services to the UN and international development.

Summary

This book explores the joys and occasional frustrations of a development economist working for the United Nations.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Jolly, Richard (Institute of Development Studies Jolly, Richard (University of Sussex Jolly, Jolly Richard
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2022
• EAN: 9780367629823
• ISBN: 978-0-367-62982-3
• No. of pages: 152
• Series: Global Institutions
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Politics & government, Politics and government, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Development Studies, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies