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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822503003321

Titolo

UN contributions to development thinking and practice / / Richard Jolly ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2004

ISBN

1-282-07184-X

0-253-11101-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (409 p.)

Collana

United Nations intellectual history project

Altri autori (Persone)

JollyRichard

Disciplina

338.9

Soggetti

Economic development - International cooperation - History

Human rights - Economic aspects

Poverty - Prevention

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 (p. 319-367) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Has there been progress? : values and criteria for UN history -- The history of development thinking from Adam Smith to John Maynard Keynes -- The 1940s and 1950s : the foundations of UN development thinking and practice -- The 1960s : the UN development decade--mobilizing for development -- The 1970s : equity in development -- The 1980s : losing control and marginalizing the poorest -- The 1990s : rediscovering a human vision -- Building the human foundations -- Structural and sectoral change -- The record of performance -- UN contributions and missed opportunities -- Lessons for the future : development thinking and the UN's future -- Appendix: Country categories and distribution of population and GDP by regions.

Sommario/riassunto

UN Contributions to Development Thinking and Practice is at once a history of the ideas and realities of international development, from the classical economists to the recent emphasis on human rights, and a history of the UN's role in                shaping and implementing development paradigms over the last half century. The authors, all prominent in the field of development studies, argue that the UN's founding document, the UN Charter, is infused with the human values and human                concerns that are at the center of