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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... institutions of global governance , not least in the institution that lies at the core of the international system , the United Nations . The organization faces a series of critical choices in responding to these fundamental challenges ...
... institutions of global governance , not least in the institution that lies at the core of the international system , the United Nations . The organization faces a series of critical choices in responding to these fundamental challenges ...
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... institutions of global governance may be characterized in terms of two governance gaps . First , an operational gap has opened up wherever policy- makers and public institutions have simply found themselves lacking the information ...
... institutions of global governance may be characterized in terms of two governance gaps . First , an operational gap has opened up wherever policy- makers and public institutions have simply found themselves lacking the information ...
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... institutions , not replace them . They help governments and multilateral agencies manage risks , take advantage of opportunities presented by technological change , be more responsive to their constituents , and promote change within ...
... institutions , not replace them . They help governments and multilateral agencies manage risks , take advantage of opportunities presented by technological change , be more responsive to their constituents , and promote change within ...
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... institutional forms to increase the participation of stakeholders from all three sectors and respond to other challenges . ++ GPP networks may also have a commercial dimension — making new markets where they are lacking and deepening ...
... institutional forms to increase the participation of stakeholders from all three sectors and respond to other challenges . ++ GPP networks may also have a commercial dimension — making new markets where they are lacking and deepening ...
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... institution ; rather , they must be willing , even eager , to share power and to " lead from behind . ” Balancing adequate consultation and goal delivery — A second challenge is getting the process right while getting the product out ...
... institution ; rather , they must be willing , even eager , to share power and to " lead from behind . ” Balancing adequate consultation and goal delivery — A second challenge is getting the process right while getting the product out ...
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