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  • Developing Capacity Through Technical Cooperation

    Country Experiences

    Edited by Stephen Browne ...
    Technical co-operation involving northern experts transferring expertise to the south has not always worked. In fact it has sometimes been counter-productive, fostering a dependency on outside help rather than creating a genuine indigenous capability. This study by experts from Harvard University and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) uses a range of country studies to analyze what has worked in ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Sustainable Development Goals and UN Goal-Setting

    by Stephen Browne ...
    Series series Global Institutions
    This book explores the record of the UN development system (UNDS) over more than 70 years as a fount of ideas and concepts in development; as a contributor to development thinking and strategy; and as the principal source of global development goals from the first UN Development Decade to the SDGs. It also examines the more mixed record of the UNDS in its operational role and asks how the ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Aid and Influence

    Patronage, Power and Politics

    by Stephen Browne ...
    This book turns the argument about aid effectiveness on its head. Since development assistance is inherently self-interested, a source of soft power, political manipulation and commercial opportunity, its real effectiveness could arguably be judged by the strength of donor influence and not by development impact. Its subjective nature means that its impact on development is often weak, mainly ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Heavenly Concerns

    by Stephen Browne ...
    In this fictional novel, mankind is entrusted with the vicegerency by the Creator, to the dismay of Iblis the protagonist of this story, who later becomes the archenemy of mankind, seeking every opportunity to defeat and destroy the enemy. Heavenly Concerns reaches its climax when Iblis renders mankind submissive, passive and indifferent. Thus, the journey to explore the roots of mankind then ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • UN Reform

    75 Years of Challenge and Change

    by Stephen Browne ...
    Series series The ACUNS Series on the UN System
    Over three-quarters of a century, the UN has been impacted by major changes in the balance of powers among its member states. This unique and insightful book offers detailed commentary on its historic effectiveness and reviews the capacity of the UN to reform and adapt to global challenges. This book constitutes a judgement on the overwhelming importance as well as the vulnerability of ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Beyond Aid

    From Patronage to Partnership

    by Stephen Browne ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1999, Browne creates a comprehensive assessment of post war development assistance in developing countries. Browne suggests that a better managed global environment, developing counties could further advance themselves and thus minimising then diminishing their need for aid resources. ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Post-2015 UN Development

    Making Change Happen?

    Edited by Stephen Browne, Thomas G Weiss ...
    Series series Global Institutions
    In 2000, at the United Nations Millennium Summit, world leaders agreed to the Millennium Declaration. The Declaration included development targets to be reached by 2015, which were to become known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Progress has been made towards the achievement of the MDGs, but poverty remains widespread.With the terminal year approaching, the international community has ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Routledge Handbook on the UN and Development

    Edited by Stephen Browne, Thomas G Weiss ...
    International commissions, academics, practitioners, and the media have long been critical of the UN’s development efforts as disjointed and not fit for purpose; yet the organization has been an essential contributor to progress and peacebuilding.This handbook explores the activities of the UN development system (UNDS), the largest operational pillar of the organization and arguably the arena in ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • The International Trade Centre

    Export Impact for Good

    by Stephen Browne, Sam Laird ...
    Series series Global Institutions
    In the era of rapid globalization, the ITC plays a significant and wide ranging role working with both governments and trade support institutions to nurture an export culture, this work will provide a much needed overview of this dynamic organization.This book:Details the history of the organization since its inceptionExamines its current mandate and the impact of recent reformsAnalyses the ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • United Nations Industrial Development Organization

    Industrial Solutions for a Sustainable Future

    by Stephen Browne ...
    Series series Global Institutions
    The mandate of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is close to many of the core issues now confronting developing and transition economy countries, and this book offers the first concise and accessible guide to this important organization.As the only UN organization to have been transformed from a UN secretariat entity to an independently governed UN agency, UNIDO has ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • United Nations Development Programme and System (UNDP)

    by Stephen Browne ...
    Series series Global Institutions
    This volume provides a short and accessible introduction to the organization that serves as the primary coordinator of the work of the UN system throughout the developing world –the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The book:traces the origins and evolution of UNDP, outlining how a central UN funding mechanism and field network developed into a more comprehensive development ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

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  • Thinking Government

    Public Administration and Politics in Canada, Fourth Edition

    by David Johnson ...
    Thinking Government: Public Administration and Politics in Canada, Fourth Edition introduces students to power relations between elected politicians and unelected public servants, while also covering important topics such as the institutions of the federal government, financial and human resources management, and accountability and responsibility. Johnson explores the ways that the ideological ... Read more

    $69.29 USD