UN Contributions to Development Thinking and Practice
UN Contributions to Development Thinking and Practice

Author: Richard Jolly

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2004-06-18

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 0253111013

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UN Contributions to Development Thinking and Practice is at once a history of the ideas and realities of international development, from the classical economists to the recent emphasis on human rights, and a history of the UN's role in shaping and implementing development paradigms over the last half century. The authors, all prominent in the field of development studies, argue that the UN's founding document, the UN Charter, is infused with the human values and human concerns that are at the center of the UN's thinking on economic and human development today. In the intervening period, the authors show how the UN's approach to development evolved from mainstream areas of economic development to include issues of employment, poverty reduction, fairer distribution of the benefits of growth, equality of men and women, child development, social justice, and environmental sustainability.

International Symposium on Theory and Practice in Transport Economics Transport and the Challenge of Structural Change Eighth International Symposium on Theory and Practice in Transport Economics, Istanbul, 24-28 September 1979. Introductory reports and summary of the discussion
International Symposium on Theory and Practice in Transport Economics Transport and the Challenge of Structural Change Eighth International Symposium on Theory and Practice in Transport Economics, Istanbul, 24-28 September 1979. Introductory reports and summary of the discussion

Author: European Conference of Ministers of Transport

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 1980-01-02

Total Pages: 543

ISBN-13: 9282107302

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This book contains the introductory reports and dicussion summaries of the Eighth International Symposium on Theory and Practice in Transport Economics, held in Istanbul, 24-28 September 1979, and which focused on transport and the challenge of structural change.

Economic Development and Multilateral Trade Cooperation
Economic Development and Multilateral Trade Cooperation

Author: Bernard M. Hoekman

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2005-12-01

Total Pages: 526

ISBN-13: 0821360647

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How can international trade agreements promote development and how can rules be designed to benefit poor countries? Can multilateral trade cooperation in the World Trade Organization (WTO) help developing countries create and strengthen institutions and regulatory regimes that will enhance the gains from trade and integration into the global economy? And should this even be done? These are questions that confront policy makers and citizens in both rich and poor countries, and they are the subject of Economic Development and Multilateral Trade Cooperation. This book analyzes how the trading system could be made more supportive of economic development, without eroding the core WTO functions.