Sustainable Development Goals And Un Goal-Setting (Global Institutions) - 9781138219915

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Origins, structure, functions, and funding of the UN development system -- Building blocks: From the League to the United Nations -- Organizational evolution -- EPTA and the Special Fund -- UNDP -- The UN development system today -- Conclusions -- 2. UN contributions to development thinking -- The first economic development pioneers -- Trade and the NIEO: From Bandung to Geneva -- Employment and basic needs -- Social development thinking -- Sustainability and the environment -- Human development -- Conclusions -- 3. UN goal-setting -- The UN development decades -- UN conferences -- The Millennium Summit and the MDGs -- The Sustainable Development Goals -- Managing the climate: From Montreal to Paris -- Conclusions -- 4. Making the UN fit for purpose -- Short history of UN reform -- Ongoing reforms -- Why UN reforms fall short -- Conclusions -- 5. The future (of the) UN development system -- Beyond aid -- Conclusion: Future roles for the UNDS -- Annex I: Principal UN goals and targets, 1960-2015 -- Annex II: Principal UN development conferences and summits -- Select bibliography -- Index

• | Author: Stephen Browne
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Apr 21, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 180 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1138219916
• | ISBN-13: 9781138219915