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UN Contributions to Development Thinking and Practice is at once a history of the ideas and realities of international development, from the classical economists to the recent emphasis on human rights, and a history of the UN's role in shaping and implementing development paradigms over the last half century. The authors, all prominent in the field of development studies, argue that the UN's founding document, the UN Charter, is infused with the human values and human concerns that are at the center of

Economic development --- Poverty --- International cooperation --- History --- Prevention --- United Nations --- Economic development - International cooperation - History. --- Economic Theory --- Business & Economics --- Economic development - International cooperation - History --- Poverty - Prevention --- Human rights --- History. --- Economic aspects. --- Prevention.

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As the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) pass their 2015 deadline and the international community begins to discuss the future of UN development policy, Poverty and the Millennium Development Goals brings together leading economists from both the global North and South to provide a much needed critique of the prevailing development agenda. By examining current development efforts, goals and policies, it exposes the structurally flawed and misleading measurements of poverty and hunger on which these efforts have been based, and which have led official sources to routinely underestimate the scale of world poverty even as the global distribution of wealth becomes ever more imbalanced

Developing countries: economic development problems --- Poverty - International cooperation --- Economic development - International cooperation --- Poverty - Government policy --- Poverty --- Economic development

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"This Handbook offers a comprehensive examination of the peace, security and development nexus from a global perspective, and investigates the interfaces of these issues in a context characterised by many new challenges. By bringing together more than 40 leading experts and commentators from across the world, the handbook maps the various research agendas related to these three themes, taking stock of existing work and debates, while outlining areas for further engagement. In doing so, the chapters may serve as a primer for new researchers while also informing the wider scholarly community about the latest research trends and innovations. The volume is split into three thematic sections: Concepts and approaches; New drivers of conflict, insecurity and developmental challenges; Actors, institutions, and processes. For ease of use and organisational consistency, each chapter provides readers with an overview of each research area, a review of the state of the literature, a summary of the major debates, and promising directions for future research. This handbook will be of much interest to students of peace and conflict studies, development studies, security studies and International Relations"--

Peace-building --- Security, International --- Economic development --- World politics --- International cooperation --- International cooperation. --- Peace-building - International cooperation --- Security, International - International cooperation --- Economic development - International cooperation --- World politics - 21st century

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International economic relations --- Relations économiques internationales --- Group of Twenty --- Economic policy --- Economic development --- International cooperation --- International economic relations. --- International cooperation. --- Group of Twenty. --- Relations économiques internationales --- International economic relations - 1990 --- -Economic policy - International cooperation --- Economic development - International cooperation

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In modern society, economic growth is considered to be the primary goal pursued through policymaking. But when and how did this perception become widely adopted among social scientists, politicians and the general public? Focusing on the OECD, one of the least understood international organisations, Schmelzer offers the first transnational study to chart the history of growth discourses. He reveals how the pursuit of GDP growth emerged as a societal goal and the ways in which the methods employed to measure, model and prescribe growth resulted in statistical standards, international policy frameworks and widely accepted norms. Setting his analysis within the context of capitalist development, post-war reconstruction, the Cold War, decolonization, and industrial crisis, The Hegemony of Growth sheds new light on the continuous reshaping of the growth paradigm up to the neoliberal age and adds historical depth to current debates on climate change, inequality and the limits to growth.

International economic relations --- International trade --- Economic development --- International cooperation --- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development --- International trade. --- International cooperation. --- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. --- Economic development - International cooperation --- External trade --- Foreign commerce --- Foreign trade --- Global commerce --- Global trade --- Trade, International --- World trade --- Commerce --- Non-traded goods --- OECD --- OESO --- OCDE