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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... effort and dedication lie at the heart of this project . We are also grateful to our case - study authors , who , in most cases on short notice , each provided us with an analy- sis of a particular network of interest ( see Appendix 2 ...
... effort and dedication lie at the heart of this project . We are also grateful to our case - study authors , who , in most cases on short notice , each provided us with an analy- sis of a particular network of interest ( see Appendix 2 ...
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... efforts on the rails by setting " milestones " against which to measure their progress . They can also sometimes engineer " easy wins " that help to satisfy their constituencies while allowing longer incubating work to proceed ...
... efforts on the rails by setting " milestones " against which to measure their progress . They can also sometimes engineer " easy wins " that help to satisfy their constituencies while allowing longer incubating work to proceed ...
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... efforts relate to tackling the dual challenge of local - global and North - South inclusion , that is , bringing local interested parties into the global dialogue and bringing stake- holders in developing countries into a process that ...
... efforts relate to tackling the dual challenge of local - global and North - South inclusion , that is , bringing local interested parties into the global dialogue and bringing stake- holders in developing countries into a process that ...
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... efforts to engage in GPP networks . This report proposes a three - track approach that is both visionary and feasible : Strengthen and consolidate existing networks by focusing on implementation and learning processes ; → Build ...
... efforts to engage in GPP networks . This report proposes a three - track approach that is both visionary and feasible : Strengthen and consolidate existing networks by focusing on implementation and learning processes ; → Build ...
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... efforts to develop mechanisms to allow their citizens to take full advantage of the opportunities that globalization offers . Nor have they succeeded in developing mechanisms that effectively respond to the risks that a social and ...
... efforts to develop mechanisms to allow their citizens to take full advantage of the opportunities that globalization offers . Nor have they succeeded in developing mechanisms that effectively respond to the risks that a social and ...
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