The United Nations Development Programme

A Better Way?

Craig N Murphy author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:14th Sep '06

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An authoritative and accessible history of the United Nations Development Programme and its predecessors, first published in 2006.

An authoritative and accessible history of the United Nations Development Programme, the UN's global economic policy coordinator. In this 2006 book, Craig Murphy argues that the principles on which the Programme was founded remain as relevant in a world divided by terrorism as they were in the immediate aftermath of World War II.The United Nations Development Programme is the central network co-ordinating the work of the United Nations in over 160 developing countries. This 2006 book provides the first authoritative and accessible history of the Programme and its predecessors. Based on the findings of hundreds of interviews and archives in more than two dozen countries, Craig Murphy traces the history of the UNDP's organizational structure and mission, its relationship to the multilateral financial institutions, and the development of its doctrines. He argues that the principles on which the UNDP was founded remain as relevant in a world divided by terrorism as they were in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, as are the fundamental problems that have plagued the Programme from its origin, including the opposition of traditionally isolationist forces in the industrialized world.

'Students of development, the UN, and international relations have waited a long time for this authoritative examination of the UNDP. Informative, provocative, and controversial - this book provides the largest remaining missing piece in the historical puzzle of post-war multilateralism.' Thomas G. Weiss, Presidential Professor, CUNY Graduate Center, and Co-director, UN Intellectual History Project

  • Winner of Chadwick F. Alger Prize, International Studies Association 2007

ISBN: 9780521683166

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm

Weight: 570g

392 pages