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
Foreword
Preface and Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
The Emergence of International Development Assistance
Pre-aid Traditions, Ideas, and the Institutional Heritage
The Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance
The UN Fund for Economic Development
First Steps Down the Road: What Can the Footprints Tell?
The Formative Years
The First Development Decade: An Instrument of Persuasion?
The Second Development Decade
The United Nations Development Programme, 1966-1981
The Word Food Programme, 1960-1981: Surplus Food for Development and Relief
The Lost Decade and a New Beginning
The 1960s and 1970s: Perspectives on Developments
Visions and Priorities for the 1990s: The United Nations Strategy for the Fourth Development Decade
The Revival of the Social and Human Dimensions of Development
The UNDP, 1982-2005: Evolving Priorities, Patterns, and Trends
Food Aid: From Development to Humnitarian Relief
The Long Road Toward the Millennium Development Goals
The Contribution of the UN System to Development Cooperation
Appendix 1
Notes
Index
About the Contributors
About the United Nations Intellectual History Project
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