Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (some color) |
Series |
Springer biographies, 2365-0621 |
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Springer biographies. 2365-0621
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Contents |
Chapter 1. From Melbourne and Back Again -- Chapter 2. Welcome to the UN Family -- Chapter 3. Learning by Doing: Bangladesh -- Chapter 4. A Success? Sri Lanka -- Chapter 5. From East to West: Kenya -- Chapter 6. Even Further West: Ghana -- Chapter 7. The Population Challenge: China -- Chapter 8. Surviving in the People's Paradise: DPRK -- Chapter 9. You Must be Mad: UN Headquarters -- Chapter 10. No More Business as Usual: Viet Nam -- Chapter 11. Life After Death: Rwanda |
Summary |
This book is more than an autobiographical account of the career of a young graduate from Australia who spent his life working as a United Nations official. It is in fact, a critical, indispensable debriefing of a UN insider's account as it follows the life of a development practitioner for more than three decades within the global aid sector. It also goes where few others have dared to go before, providing first-hand insights into the realities of a UN career official's life. While many throughout the world may wish to join the "UN family" or have already become part of the development sector, it is presumed they all have a vision to act as vehicles for positive social change. However, expectations can and may differ once realities have sunk in. The book opens a unique space in the international aid sector--particularly, population security--around elements of personal and professional rewards and costs |
Notes |
Includes index |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 27, 2021) |
Subject |
Howie, Ian
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United Nations -- Officials and employees -- Biography
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SUBJECT |
United Nations fast |
Subject |
Employees
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Genre/Form |
autobiographies (literary works)
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Autobiographies
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Biographies
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9783030770631 |
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303077063X |
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