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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783359103321

Autore

Berthelot Yves

Titolo

Unity and Diversity in Development Ideas [[electronic resource] ] : Perspectives from the UN Regional Commissions

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, IN, : Indiana University Press, 2004

ISBN

0-253-11089-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (473 p.)

Disciplina

341.23

341.7/59

Soggetti

Economic development projects - Case studies

Economic Theory

Business & Economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

List of Boxes and Tables; Foreword Louis Emmerij, Richard Jolly, and Thomas G. Weiss; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; 1 Unity and Diversity of Development:The Regional Commissions' Experience; 2 The ECE: A Bridge between East and West; 3 From ECAFE to ESCAP: Pioneering a Regional Perspective; 4 ECLAC: A Commitment to a Latin American Waytoward Development; 5 The ECA: Forging a Future for Africa; 6 ESCWA: Striving for Regional Integration; Appendix: Evolution of Membership in the FiveUN Regional Commissions, 1947-2000; Notes; Index; About the Authors

About the UN Intellectual History Project

Sommario/riassunto

This second volume from the United Nations Intellectual History Project                surveys the history of the UN's regional commissions and the ideas they have                developed over the last 40 years. Each essay is devoted to one of the five regional                commissions -- Europe, Asia and the Far East, Latin America, Africa, and Western                Asia -- and how it has approached its mission of assessing the condition of regional                economies and making prognoses about future conditions. The essays describe how each                commission has added lo