Sustainable Development Goals and UN Goal-Setting by Stephen ... - 9781138219915

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Sustainable Development Goals and UN Goal-SettingAuthor(s): Stephen Browne\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138219915, 978-1138219915\nSynopsis\nThis book explores the record of the UN development system (UNDS) over more than 70 years as a fount of ideas and concepts in development; as a contributor to development thinking and strategy; and as the principal source of global development goals from the first UN Development Decade to the SDGs. It also examines the more mixed record of the UNDS in its operational role and asks how the ideational and operational functions can be more successfully aligned, and what changes such an alignment would imply.\n\nThe chapters consider:\n\nThe logic of global governance through international organizations \nThe origins, functions, structure of the UN development system\nUN contributions to development thinking\nThe UNs development agendas, 1960s to 2015 \nReforming the UN deve.