| The UN and Development: From Aid to Cooperation Contributor(s): Stokke, Olav (Author) |
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ISBN: 0253220815 ISBN-13: 9780253220813 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $36.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - General - Business & Economics | Development - General - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
| Dewey: 338.91 |
| LCCN: 2009001071 |
| Series: United Nations Intellectual History Project (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 1.6" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (2.30 lbs) 752 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The UN and Development provides the first comprehensive overview of the development policies and activities of the United Nations system from the late 1940s to the present. With an explicit focus on the history of the ideas that have been generated, institutionalized, and implemented by UN organizations, this book examines changing trends in development paradigms from the concept of technical assistance to underdeveloped countries, as they were called in the late 1940s, to development cooperation in the 21st century. Olav Stokke traces this fascinating story and demonstrates the UN's essential role and its future challenges in aiding the least developed countries and the globe's billion poorest inhabitants. |