Sustainable Development Goals and UN Goal-Setting
eBook - ePub

Sustainable Development Goals and UN Goal-Setting

  1. 180 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Sustainable Development Goals and UN Goal-Setting

About this book

This 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.

The chapters consider:



  • The logic of global governance through international organizations
  • The origins, functions, structure of the UN development system
  • UN contributions to development thinking
  • The UN's development agendas, 1960s to 2015
  • Reforming the UN development system
  • The future of the UN and multilateralism

The book will be of great use for students and scholars studying political science, international organizations, the UN, and development, as well as for practitioners associated with the UN, including member-state missions, UN staff, and development cooperation professionals.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Table of Contents
  7. List of illustrations
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Abbreviations
  10. Introduction
  11. 1. Origins, structure, functions, and funding of the UN development system
  12. 2. UN contributions to development thinking
  13. 3. UN goal-setting
  14. 4. Making the UN fit for purpose
  15. 5. The future (of the) UN development system
  16. Annex I: Principal UN goals and targets, 1960–2015
  17. Annex II: Principal UN development conferences and summits
  18. Select bibliography
  19. Index