The United Nations Development Programme and System / Stephen Browne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Browne, Stephen, author.

Series:

Global institutions series ; 57.

Routledge global institutions series ; 57

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United Nations Development Programme.

United Nations--Economic assistance.

United Nations.

United Nations--Technical assistance.

Humanitarian assistance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2011.

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume provides a short and accessible introduction to the organization that serves as the primary coordinator of the work of the UN system throughout the developing world -the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The book:traces the origins and evolution of UNDP, outlining how a central UN funding mechanism and field network developed into a more comprehensive development agencyevaluates the UNDP's performance and results, both in its role as system coordinator and as a development organization in its own rightconsiders the return of the UNDP to a

Contents:

Cover; The United Nations Development Programme and System; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Foreword by the series editors; Foreword by Craig Murphy; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The origins of UNDP; 2 The 1980s and 1990s; 3 UNDP in the twenty-first century; 4 Performance and results; 5 The future of the UN development system; Notes; Select bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-280-87302-7

9786613714336

1-136-65828-9

1-136-65827-0

0-203-80685-9

9780203806852

OCLC:

798209343