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Author Browne, Stephen

Title Sustainable Development Goals and UN Goal-Setting
Published Milton : Taylor and Francis, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (199 pages)
Series Global Institutions
Global institutions series.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Origins, structure, functions, and funding of the UN development system; Building blocks: From the League to the United Nations; Organizational evolution; EPTA and the Special Fund; UNDP; The UN development system today; Conclusions; 2. UN contributions to development thinking; The first economic development pioneers; Trade and the NIEO: From Bandung to Geneva; Employment and basic needs; Social development thinking
Sustainability and the environmentHuman development; Conclusions; 3. UN goal-setting; The UN development decades; UN conferences; The Millennium Summit and the MDGs; The Sustainable Development Goals; Managing the climate: From Montreal to Paris; Conclusions; 4. Making the UN fit for purpose; Short history of UN reform; Ongoing reforms; Why UN reforms fall short; Conclusions; 5. The future (of the) UN development system; Beyond aid; Conclusion: Future roles for the UNDS; Annex I: Principal UN goals and targets, 1960-2015; Annex II: Principal UN development conferences and summits
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject United Nations Development Programme -- History
United Nations -- Economic assistance.
United Nations -- Technical assistance.
SUBJECT United Nations fast
United Nations Development Programme fast
Subject Economic development -- International cooperation
Economic development -- Developing countries
Economic development projects -- Developing countries
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
Economic assistance
Economic development
Economic development -- International cooperation
Economic development projects
Technical assistance
Developing countries
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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