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Post-2015 UN development [electronic resource] : making change happen / edited by Stephen Browne and Thomas G. Weiss.

Contributor(s): Series: Global institutions series ; 87.Publication details: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2014.Description: xx, 264 p. : illISBN:
  • 9780203724088 (ebook : PDF)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: No titleOnline resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also available in print edition.
Contents:
1. UN roles and principles governing multilateral assistance / Bjørn Skogmo -- 2. Evolution of the UN development system / Craig N. Murphy -- 3. Drivers of change for the UN's future role / Richard O'Brien -- 4. Funding the UN system / Silke Weinlich -- 5. Evaluating the UN development system / Robert Picciotto -- 6. Making the UN more transparent and accountable / Richard Golding -- 7. Aligning UN development efforts and peacebuilding / W. Andy Knight -- 8. The economics of peace : is the UN system up to the challenge? / Graciana del Castillo -- 9. Can peacebuilding drive the UN change agenda? / Michael von der Schulenburg -- 10. The UN and the post-2015 development agenda / David Hulme and Rorden Wilkinson -- 11.'We the peoples' in the UN development system / Roberto Bissio -- 12. Revisiting UN development : the prospects for reform / Cécile Molinier and Stephen Browne -- Conclusion : Post-2015, can change happen? / Stephen Browne and Thomas G. Weiss.
In: Routledge e-booksSummary: 'Based on extensive original research that has critically examined the role and functions of the organizations of the UN development system, this book seeks to capture in a single volume a comprehensive review of the UN's performance and prospects for development. The contributors each offer extensive experience and familiarity--as practitioners and researchers--with the UN and development; and the book will contribute to the urgently needed debate on the reform of the UN development system at a critical juncture'-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. UN roles and principles governing multilateral assistance / Bjørn Skogmo -- 2. Evolution of the UN development system / Craig N. Murphy -- 3. Drivers of change for the UN's future role / Richard O'Brien -- 4. Funding the UN system / Silke Weinlich -- 5. Evaluating the UN development system / Robert Picciotto -- 6. Making the UN more transparent and accountable / Richard Golding -- 7. Aligning UN development efforts and peacebuilding / W. Andy Knight -- 8. The economics of peace : is the UN system up to the challenge? / Graciana del Castillo -- 9. Can peacebuilding drive the UN change agenda? / Michael von der Schulenburg -- 10. The UN and the post-2015 development agenda / David Hulme and Rorden Wilkinson -- 11.'We the peoples' in the UN development system / Roberto Bissio -- 12. Revisiting UN development : the prospects for reform / Cécile Molinier and Stephen Browne -- Conclusion : Post-2015, can change happen? / Stephen Browne and Thomas G. Weiss.

'Based on extensive original research that has critically examined the role and functions of the organizations of the UN development system, this book seeks to capture in a single volume a comprehensive review of the UN's performance and prospects for development. The contributors each offer extensive experience and familiarity--as practitioners and researchers--with the UN and development; and the book will contribute to the urgently needed debate on the reform of the UN development system at a critical juncture'-- Provided by publisher.

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