Critical Choices: The United Nations, Networks, and the Future of Global GovernanceWolfgang H. Reinicke, Francis Mading Deng, Jan Martin Witte, International Development Research Centre (Canada) IDRC, 2000 - 141 pages The new global environment requires new approaches, new ideas and innovative tools to address new challenges in areas as different as weapons control, climate change, genetic engineering, and labor standards. Critical Choices looks at one such tool: global public policy networks. In these networks, governments, international organizations, the corporate sector and civil society join together to achieve what none can accomplish on its own. The authors explore both the promises and the limitations of this new form of global cooperation. They discuss how such networks might contribute to better manage the risks and make use of the opportunities that globalization presents. Finally, they offer provocative advice and solid recommendations on how the United Nations can foster such networks in the years ahead. |
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... companies to develop badly needed new anti- malarial vaccines . Networks , by providing links to other sources of both finance and information about best practice , are also helping a host of microlending enterprises in developing ...
... companies to develop badly needed new anti- malarial vaccines . Networks , by providing links to other sources of both finance and information about best practice , are also helping a host of microlending enterprises in developing ...
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... companies controlled about 450 000 affiliated organizations worldwide . Sales of these companies amounted to $ 9.5 trillion in 1997 , clearly out- stripping all of world trade in that year . And just as international NGOs are heavily ...
... companies controlled about 450 000 affiliated organizations worldwide . Sales of these companies amounted to $ 9.5 trillion in 1997 , clearly out- stripping all of world trade in that year . And just as international NGOs are heavily ...
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... companies to source knowledge on a transnational scale and take advantage of economies of scale . Although the political significance of these transnational companies and their activities is still highly disputed , there can be no doubt ...
... companies to source knowledge on a transnational scale and take advantage of economies of scale . Although the political significance of these transnational companies and their activities is still highly disputed , there can be no doubt ...
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... companies can be extended . These benefits notwithstanding , however , the public sector's inability to regulate information technology effectively has also led to some unfortunate spillover effects from the Internet . For example , the ...
... companies can be extended . These benefits notwithstanding , however , the public sector's inability to regulate information technology effectively has also led to some unfortunate spillover effects from the Internet . For example , the ...
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... companies have already learned over the past decade , their value has appreci- ated dramatically . Public policy has only begun to come to grips with the changing context . Technological change and speed , as well as the transparency by ...
... companies have already learned over the past decade , their value has appreci- ated dramatically . Public policy has only begun to come to grips with the changing context . Technological change and speed , as well as the transparency by ...
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