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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... industry , government , advocacy groups , and aboriginal groups . Since 1993 it has provided a forum for serious debate and policy recommendations on intellectual property rights , biodiversity , and food security . Building on existing ...
... industry , government , advocacy groups , and aboriginal groups . Since 1993 it has provided a forum for serious debate and policy recommendations on intellectual property rights , biodiversity , and food security . Building on existing ...
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... sometimes led policymakers , intentionally or not , to exclude the general public or particular stakeholders from their deliberations . GPP networks have lately emerged as a " growth industry Xii ++ EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Origins and objectives.
... sometimes led policymakers , intentionally or not , to exclude the general public or particular stakeholders from their deliberations . GPP networks have lately emerged as a " growth industry Xii ++ EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Origins and objectives.
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... industry , " precisely as a way of bridging these gaps . GPP networks are learning organi- zations . Their broad membership allows them to tap information and expertise from a variety of backgrounds , thus providing a more complete ...
... industry , " precisely as a way of bridging these gaps . GPP networks are learning organi- zations . Their broad membership allows them to tap information and expertise from a variety of backgrounds , thus providing a more complete ...
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... Industry Partnership — that provide the spark for a new network . In other cases the needed leadership is insti- tutional : an example is the World Health Organization's role in launching the Roll Back Malaria initiative . Would - be ...
... Industry Partnership — that provide the spark for a new network . In other cases the needed leadership is insti- tutional : an example is the World Health Organization's role in launching the Roll Back Malaria initiative . Would - be ...
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... industrial - country elites . But inclusion is crucial to a network's legitimacy and accountability , as well as important on a normative basis . It is also a practical imperative : networks often need local people and institutions to ...
... industrial - country elites . But inclusion is crucial to a network's legitimacy and accountability , as well as important on a normative basis . It is also a practical imperative : networks often need local people and institutions to ...
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