Unity and diversity in development ideas : perspectives from the UN regional commissions / edited by Yves Berthelot.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Berthelot, Yves.

Series:

United Nations intellectual history project ; 2.

United Nations intellectual history project ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development projects--Case studies.

Economic development projects.

Economic development--Cross-cultural studies.

Economic development.

Developing countries--Economic conditions.

Developing countries.

United Nations--Economic assistance.

United Nations.

United Nations--Technical assistance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (473 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 lo

Contents:

Unity and diversity of development : the regional commissions' experience / Yves Berthelot

The ECE : a bridge between east and west / Yves Berthelot and Paul Rayment

From ECAFE to ESCAP : pioneering a regional perspective / Leelananda de Silva

ECLAC : a commitment to a Latin American way toward development / Gert Rosenthal

The ECA : forging a future for Africa / Adebayo Adedeji

ESCWA : striving for regional integration / Blandine Destremau.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-253-11089-0

OCLC:

475951201