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Informationen zum Autor Olav Stokke Klappentext The UN and Development provides the first comprehensive overview of the development policies and activities of the United Nations system from the late 1940s to the present. With an explicit focus on the history of the ideas that have been generated Zusammenfassung Offers an overview of development policies and activities of the United Nations system from the late 1940s onwards. Focusing on the history of the generated ideas, institutionalized, and implemented by UN organizations, this book examines trends in development paradigms from the concept of technical assistance to underdeveloped countries. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Boxes and Tables Series Editors' ForewordLouis Emmerij, Richard Jolly, and Thomas G. Weiss Preface and Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction Part 1. The Emergence of International Development Assistance 1. The Institutional Heritage and Pre-Aid Traditions and Ideas 2. The Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance 3. The UN Fund for Economic Development 4. First Steps Down the Road: What Can the Footprints Tell? Part 2. The Formative Years 5. The First Development Decade: An Instrument of Persuasion? 6. The Second Development Decade 7. The United Nations Development Programme, 1966-1981 8. The World Food Programme, 1961-1981: Surplus Food for Development and Relief 9. The 1960s and 1970s: Perspectives on Development Part 3. The Lost Decade and a New Beginning 10. Visions and Priorities for the 1990s: The United Nations Strategy for the Fourth Development Decade 11. The Revival of the Social and Human Dimensions of Development 12. Evolving Priorities, Patterns, and Trends, 1982-2005 13. Food Aid: From Development to Humanitarian Relief 14. The Long Road toward the Millennium Development Goals 15. The Contribution of the UN System to International Development Cooperation Appendix: A Bird's-Eye View of ODA to Developing Countries and Multilateral Institutions Notes Index About the Author About the Project ...
