UN contributions to development thinking and practice

UN contributions to development thinking and practice [electronic resource] / United Nations contributions to development thinking and practice Richard Jolly ... [et al.]. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2004. - xviii, 387 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - United Nations intellectual history project . - United Nations intellectual history project. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-367) and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
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United Nations--History.


Economic development--International cooperation--History.
Human rights--Economic aspects.
Poverty--Prevention.


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