| Description |
1 online resource (313 pages) |
| Series |
United Nations Intellectual History Project |
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United Nations Intellectual History Project
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; List of Boxes, Figures, and Tables; Series Editors' Foreword; Foreword by Howard V. Perlmutter; Preface and Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Ideas and Institutions Relevant to Foreign Investmentand TNCs Prior to World War II; 2 The Early Post-World War II Era: From the Golden Yearsof FDI to the Incipient Rise of Economic Nationalism; 3 The 1970s: Gathering Storm; 4 The Group of Eminent Persons: The Eye of the Hurricane; 5 The Commission and the Centre: New York Years, 1974-1992; 6 From New York to Geneva: The UNCTAD Years |
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7 The World Investment Report Series: 1991-20078 Other Members of the UN Galaxy: The Constellation; 9 The Legacy and the Future; Notes; Appendix 1: Organizational Diagram of UNCTCat Its Inception, 1974; Appendix 2: From New York (UNCTC)to Geneva (DITE): Leadership; Index; About the Authors; About the United Nations Intellectual History Project |
| Summary |
Examines the history of UN involvement with transnational corporations and foreign direct investment |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
United Nations -- Developing countries -- Economic assistance
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International business enterprises -- Social aspects.
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Investments, Foreign -- Social aspects.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0253000696 (electronic bk.) |
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9780253000699 (electronic bk.) |
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