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

Contributor(s): Jolly, Richard | ebrary, Inc.
Series: United Nations intellectual history project: Publisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2004Description: xviii, 387 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Other title: United Nations contributions to development thinking and practice.Subject(s): United Nations -- History | Economic development -- International cooperation -- History | Human rights -- Economic aspects | Poverty -- PreventionGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 338.9 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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.

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.

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