The UN and Development

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Summary

The UN's role in international development from the 1940s to the present

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List of Boxes and Tables	p. vii
Foreword	p. xi
Preface and Acknowledgments	p. xvii
List of Abbreviations	p. xxi
Introduction	p. 3
The Emergence of International Development Assistance	p. 29
Pre-Aid Traditions and Ideas and the Institutional Heritage	p. 33
The Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance	p. 43
A UN Fund for Economic Development	p. 83
First Steps Down the Road: What Can the Footprints Tell?	p. 115
The Formative Years	p. 131
The First Development Decade: An Instrument of Persuasion?	p. 137
The Second Development Decade	p. 157
The United Nations Development Programme, 1966-1981	p. 186
The World Food Programme, 1961-1981: Surplus Food for Development and Relief	p. 251
The 1960s and 1970s: Perspectives on Development	p. 301
The Lost Decade and a New Beginning	p. 315
Visions and Priorities for the 1990s: The United Nations Strategy for the Fourth Development Decade	p. 331
The Revival of the Social and Human Dimensions of Development	p. 343
Evolving Priorities, Patterns, and Trends, 1982-2005	p. 365
Food Aid: From Development to Humanitarian Relief	p. 419
The Long Road toward the Millennium Development Goals	p. 442
The Contribution of the UN System to International Development Cooperation	p. 481
A Bird's-Eye View of ODA to Developing Countries and Multilateral Institutions	p. 511
Notes	p. 573
Index	p. 689
About the Author	p. 722
About the United Nations Intellectual History Project	p. 723
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