Sustainable Development Goals and Un Goal-Setting

Zusatztext 'There is much to praise in this book–and much to debate–especially how to balance meeting the SDGs with fulfilling rights and the effectiveness and importance of collaboration versus coordination.' - Sir Richard Jolly, Honorary Professor and Research Associate of the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK Informationen zum Autor Stephen Browne is Co-Director of the Future UN Development System (FUNDS) Project, Senior fellow of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and visiting lecturer at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. Klappentext This book will review the record of the UNDS over more than 70 years as a fount of ideas and concepts in development; as a contributor to development thinking and strategy; and as the principal source of global development goals from the first UN Development Decade to the SDGs. Zusammenfassung This book will review the record of the UNDS over more than 70 years as a fount of ideas and concepts in development; as a contributor to development thinking and strategy; and as the principal source of global development goals from the first UN Development Decade to the SDGs. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Origins, structure, functions, and funding of the UN development system 2. UN contributions to development thinking 3. UN goal-setting 4. Making the UN fit for purpose 5. The future (of the) UN development system Select bibliography Annex I: Principal UN Goals and Targets, 1960-2015 Annex II. Principal UN Development Conferences and Summits

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Browne, Browne Stephen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.04.2017
• EAN: 9781138219915
• ISBN: 978-1-138-21991-5
• No. of pages: 180
• Series: Global Institutions
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / General, Politics & government, environmental science, engineering & technology, Politics and government, Environmental science, engineering and technology