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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... Group . Supported by IDRC , the Canadian International Development Agency , and a number of other inter- national organizations , the Group includes members from private industry , government , advocacy groups , and aboriginal groups ...
... Group . Supported by IDRC , the Canadian International Development Agency , and a number of other inter- national organizations , the Group includes members from private industry , government , advocacy groups , and aboriginal groups ...
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... groups to discuss common problems that no one of them can resolve by itself ; and in marshaling resources intellectual , financial , physical — to bring to bear on those problems . - ORIGINS AND OBJECTIVES Broadly speaking , GPP ...
... groups to discuss common problems that no one of them can resolve by itself ; and in marshaling resources intellectual , financial , physical — to bring to bear on those problems . - ORIGINS AND OBJECTIVES Broadly speaking , GPP ...
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... groups . These networks are meant to comple- ment public - policy institutions , not replace them . They help governments and multilateral agencies manage risks , take advantage of opportunities presented by technological change , be ...
... groups . These networks are meant to comple- ment public - policy institutions , not replace them . They help governments and multilateral agencies manage risks , take advantage of opportunities presented by technological change , be ...
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... groups over the building of large dams . It shows what can be accomplished with a truly tri- sectoral structure in ... Group on International Agricultural Research ( CGIAR ) , has contributed enormously to the discovery and worldwide ...
... groups over the building of large dams . It shows what can be accomplished with a truly tri- sectoral structure in ... Group on International Agricultural Research ( CGIAR ) , has contributed enormously to the discovery and worldwide ...
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... Group are two venues within the UN system that could complement each other's activities to fulfill the many tasks that successful network management , including implementa- tion , requires . In addition , a clearinghouse could be set up ...
... Group are two venues within the UN system that could complement each other's activities to fulfill the many tasks that successful network management , including implementa- tion , requires . In addition , a clearinghouse could be set up ...
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