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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452794803321

Autore

Browne Stephen

Titolo

The United Nations Development Programme and System / / Stephen Browne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-280-87302-7

9786613714336

1-136-65828-9

1-136-65827-0

0-203-80685-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Collana

Routledge global institutions series ; ; 57

Disciplina

343/.07

Soggetti

Humanitarian assistance

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; The United Nations Development Programme and System; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Foreword by the series editors; Foreword by Craig Murphy; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The origins of UNDP; 2 The 1980s and 1990s; 3 UNDP in the twenty-first century; 4 Performance and results; 5 The future of the UN development system; Notes; Select bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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). The book:traces the origins and evolution of UNDP, outlining how a central UN funding mechanism and field network developed into a more comprehensive development agencyevaluates the UNDP's performance and results, both in its role as system coordinator and as a development organization in its own rightconsiders the return of the UNDP to a