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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... facilitating , through research and policy net- works , South - South and South - North collaboration truly exhibits that the sum is often greater that its constituent parts . Take , for example , the Crucible Group . Supported by IDRC ...
... facilitating , through research and policy net- works , South - South and South - North collaboration truly exhibits that the sum is often greater that its constituent parts . Take , for example , the Crucible Group . Supported by IDRC ...
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... facilitate the negotiating and setting of global standards . This is happening in areas as diverse as financial regulation and environmental management . Whereas agenda- setting often can be accomplished by a relatively few dedicated ...
... facilitate the negotiating and setting of global standards . This is happening in areas as diverse as financial regulation and environmental management . Whereas agenda- setting often can be accomplished by a relatively few dedicated ...
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... facilitating their emergence , the United Nations can help strengthen the capacities of state and nonstate actors to partici- pate in the development of GPP while increasing its own effectiveness and credibility . In many ways , the ...
... facilitating their emergence , the United Nations can help strengthen the capacities of state and nonstate actors to partici- pate in the development of GPP while increasing its own effectiveness and credibility . In many ways , the ...
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... facilitate such a process . After all , what is or is not in the public interest is not something that can be ... facilitating such " global public- policy " processes , they are presently not adequately prepared for the task . In fact ...
... facilitate such a process . After all , what is or is not in the public interest is not something that can be ... facilitating such " global public- policy " processes , they are presently not adequately prepared for the task . In fact ...
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... facilitated many types of cross - border activity , which sometimes intrude on a government's capability to control economic and social relations within its territory . The Internet has doubtless improved the ability of public ...
... facilitated many types of cross - border activity , which sometimes intrude on a government's capability to control economic and social relations within its territory . The Internet has doubtless improved the ability of public ...
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