1st Edition
Dinosaurs or Dynamos The United Nations and the World Bank at the Turn of the Century
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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Explores how much and what the World Bank and the United Nations can really be expected to achieve. The text begins with a detailed account of the evolution of the two organizations as multilateral development institutions and then focuses on the functions that the World Bank and the UN carry out, and the governing structures that underlie their activities. The authors then go on to question what... Read more
Introduction * Framework of Analysis * The UN from Past to Present * The World Bank from Past to Present * The UN and the World Bank: Comparing their Current Predicament * Global Goods and Bads * Donor Support - Implications for the Future of the UN and the World Bank * Appendix * Notes * References * Index
Biography
Helge Ole Bergesen is a political scientist at the University of Oslo, Norway, and Senior Research Fellow at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute at Lysaker. He has published widely on international energy issues, North-South conflict and environmental matters.
Leiv Lunde is State Secretary for Development and Human Rights at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway. He was formally consultant with ECON, Centre for Economic Analysis, Oslo.
