Routledge Handbook on the Un and Development

ISBN-13: 9780367186852 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 310 str.

Stephen Browne; Thomas G. Weiss

Opis

This Handbook explores the activities of the UN development system (UNDS), the largest operational pillar of the organization and arguably the arena in which its ideational endeavors have made the biggest contribution to thinking and standards.

Spis treści

Introduction: Development, the Largest of Four UN Functions  Part One: Realizing the SDGs, Opportunities and Challenges  1 The UN Development System: Origins, Structure, Status  2 The UN and Development: Objectives and Governance  3 Emerging Powers, a Declining West, and Multilateralism  4 Environment and Development in the UN  5 Gender Equality and the United Nations  6 Human Rights and Sustainable Development: Together at Last?  7 Sustaining Peace and the 2030 Development Agenda  8 Sustaining Peace: Changing Architecture and Priorities for UN Peacebuilding  9 What Does "Leave No One Behind" Mean for Humanitarians?  10 Migration and Development in the UN Global Compacts  Part Two: Resources, Partnerships, and Management  11 Funding the UN: Support or Constraint?  12 Private Finance and Partnerships at the UN  13 The "Third UN": Civil Society and the World Organization  14 The UN and World Bank: Collaboration toward Stronger Global Governance?  15 The WTO, the UN, and the Future of Global Development  16 UN Accountability: From Frameworks to Evidence and Results  17 Towards Better Knowledge Management in the UN  Part Three: Imagining the Future of the UN in Development 18 Change in the UN Development System: Theory and Practice  19 Looking to the UN’s Future  20 Reforming the UN and Governing the Globe  21 Reflections: Prospects for the UN Development System