Unity and diversity in development ideas : perspectives from the UN regional commissions

edited by Yves Berthelot

This second volume from the United Nations Intellectual History Project surveys the history of the UN's regional commissions and the ideas they have developed over the last 40 years. Each essay is devoted to one of the five regional commissions -- Europe, Asia and the Far East, Latin America, Africa, and Western Asia -- and how it has approached its mission of assessing the condition of regional economies and making prognoses about future conditions. The essays describe how each commission has added local

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Year of publication:	c2004
Other Persons:	Berthelot, Yves (contributor)
Publisher:	Bloomington : Indiana University Press
Subject:	Entwicklung \| Economic development \| Entwicklungsländer \| Developing countries \| Entwicklungshilfe \| Development aid \| Entwicklungsprojekt \| Development project \| Internationale Organisation \| International organization \| Technische Zusammenarbeit \| Technical cooperation
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [gbv.de]

Extent:	Online-Ressource (xxii, 445 p) 24 cm
Series:	United Nations intellectual history project ; 2
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index List of Boxes and Tables; Foreword Louis Emmerij, Richard Jolly, and Thomas G. Weiss; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; 1 Unity and Diversity of Development:The Regional Commissions' Experience; 2 The ECE: A Bridge between East and West; 3 From ECAFE to ESCAP: Pioneering a Regional Perspective; 4 ECLAC: A Commitment to a Latin American Waytoward Development; 5 The ECA: Forging a Future for Africa; 6 ESCWA: Striving for Regional Integration; Appendix: Evolution of Membership in the FiveUN Regional Commissions, 1947-2000; Notes; Index; About the Authors About the UN Intellectual History Project Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:	0-253-34335-6 ; 0-253-21638-9 ; 978-0-253-34335-2
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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