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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... improve the economic incentives for pharmaceutical 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 ...
... improve the economic incentives for pharmaceutical 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 ...
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... improving relations and entering into a constructive strategic dialogue with key actors from nongovernmen- tal organizations and the business community would be to develop the Global Compact on a trisectoral basis . By making itself a ...
... improving relations and entering into a constructive strategic dialogue with key actors from nongovernmen- tal organizations and the business community would be to develop the Global Compact on a trisectoral basis . By making itself a ...
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... improve our understanding of how these net- works tick and where they can be useful . Of course , networks are no panacea for the world's problems , but using them wisely will no doubt improve our ability to cope with the difficult ...
... improve our understanding of how these net- works tick and where they can be useful . Of course , networks are no panacea for the world's problems , but using them wisely will no doubt improve our ability to cope with the difficult ...
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... improved govern- ments ' ability to process information and knowledge . The activities of states and international organizations are becoming better coordinated and may yet culminate in what one observer calls an " international ...
... improved govern- ments ' ability to process information and knowledge . The activities of states and international organizations are becoming better coordinated and may yet culminate in what one observer calls an " international ...
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... improving a willingness or capacity on of stakeholders to comply ; and the part 4. Policy reformulation and institutional learning reflect the extent to which built - in mechanisms facilitate learning and change in the network . This ...
... improving a willingness or capacity on of stakeholders to comply ; and the part 4. Policy reformulation and institutional learning reflect the extent to which built - in mechanisms facilitate learning and change in the network . This ...
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