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

Imprint Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2004.

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Description xviii, 387 p. : ill.
Series United Nations intellectual history project
United Nations intellectual history project.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-367) and index.
Contents 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject United Nations -- History.
Economic development -- International cooperation -- History.
Human rights -- Economic aspects.
Poverty -- Prevention.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Jolly, Richard.
ProQuest (Firm)
Added Title United Nations contributions to development thinking and practice
ISBN 0253344077 (cloth : alk. paper)
0253216842 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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