International organizations and development, 1945-1990
This volume explores how international organizations became involved in the making of global development policy. The book looks at the driving forces and dynamics behind that process, and critically assesses the consequences their policies have had around the world. It addresses problems that are at...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Basingstoke [u.a.] : Palgrave Macmillan,
2014
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| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series
Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Ser. |
| Schlagworte: | Development economics Electronic books Europa Internationale Organisation Wirtschaftshilfe Wirtschaftsentwicklung Geschichte 1945-1990 |
| Umfang: | Online-Ressource (305 p) |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Cover; Title ; Copyright; Contents; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: International Organizations, Global Development, and the Making ofthe Contemporary World; 2 Technical Internationalism and Economic Development at the Founding Moment of the UN System; 3 The Human Story of Development: Alva Myrdal at the UN, 1949-1955; 4 "To Keep Food Out of Politics": The UN Food and Agriculture Organization, 1945-1965
- 5 Between Entanglements and Dependencies: Food, Nutrition, and National Development atthe Central American Institute of Nutrition (INCAP)6 In the Name of World Healthand Development: The World Health Organization and Malaria Eradication in India, 1949-1970; 7 Free Trade and Freedom to Trade: The Development Challenge to GATT, 1947-1968; 8 A Club of the Rich to Help the Poor? The OECD, "Development", and the Hegemony of Donor Countries; 9 A "Global Nervous System": The Rise and Rise of European Humanitarian NGOs, 1945-1985
- 10 Of Heartfelt Charity and Billion Dollar Enterprise: From Postwar Relief to Europe to Humanitarian Relief to "Everywhere" - CARE, Inc., in Search of a New Mission11 Contesting Globalization: The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the Transnationalization of Sovereignty; Bibliography; Index