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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... issues on the global agenda 31 Developing and disseminating knowledge Negotiating and setting standards and regulations Making and deepening markets 36 47 52 Implementing ideas and decisions 57 Closing the participatory gap . 61 Chapter ...
... issues on the global agenda 31 Developing and disseminating knowledge Negotiating and setting standards and regulations Making and deepening markets 36 47 52 Implementing ideas and decisions 57 Closing the participatory gap . 61 Chapter ...
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... issues and interactions . The second broad force driving change is the technological revolution , and in particular the revolution in information technology . Technological change , too , has had immensely beneficial effects on the way ...
... issues and interactions . The second broad force driving change is the technological revolution , and in particular the revolution in information technology . Technological change , too , has had immensely beneficial effects on the way ...
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... issues on the global agenda or raising the prominence of issues that have been neglected . All such networks do this to some degree , but one type of network - what has been called a transnational advocacy network — makes global ...
... issues on the global agenda or raising the prominence of issues that have been neglected . All such networks do this to some degree , but one type of network - what has been called a transnational advocacy network — makes global ...
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... issues of sustainable produc- tion systems and has adopted a strong poverty focus . CGIAR has also created new institutional forms to increase the participation of stakeholders from all three sectors and respond to other challenges . ++ ...
... issues of sustainable produc- tion systems and has adopted a strong poverty focus . CGIAR has also created new institutional forms to increase the participation of stakeholders from all three sectors and respond to other challenges . ++ ...
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... issues are often as important as the tangible ones , and they may endure even longer . Transparency International ... issue area . - THE CARE AND TENDING OF NETWORKS This description of GPP networks may foster the impression that ...
... issues are often as important as the tangible ones , and they may endure even longer . Transparency International ... issue area . - THE CARE AND TENDING OF NETWORKS This description of GPP networks may foster the impression that ...
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