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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... practices to learn and relearn as well as to teach . One of the oldest global networks , the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research ( CGIAR ) , has contributed enormously to the discovery and worldwide propagation of ...
... practices to learn and relearn as well as to teach . One of the oldest global networks , the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research ( CGIAR ) , has contributed enormously to the discovery and worldwide propagation of ...
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... practice , are also helping a host of microlending enterprises in developing countries to improve and expand their operations . Some GPP networks are designed specifically as innovative implementation mechanisms for traditional ...
... practice , are also helping a host of microlending enterprises in developing countries to improve and expand their operations . Some GPP networks are designed specifically as innovative implementation mechanisms for traditional ...
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... practices , and people . Finding allies outside one's sector - A useful strategy in fostering net- works and their goals is to actively look for possible alliances across sectors . Sectors , after all , are not monolithic , and some ...
... practices , and people . Finding allies outside one's sector - A useful strategy in fostering net- works and their goals is to actively look for possible alliances across sectors . Sectors , after all , are not monolithic , and some ...
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... practices ? And what role , if any , do they offer for international organizations , and the United Nations in particular , to play ? These questions must be answered for GPP networks to attract the attention they deserve and demon ...
... practices ? And what role , if any , do they offer for international organizations , and the United Nations in particular , to play ? These questions must be answered for GPP networks to attract the attention they deserve and demon ...
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... practices , and pointing to some initial lessons learned - lessons that we hope will help maintain and strengthen ... practice will inform theory and improve our understanding of how these net- works tick and where they can be useful ...
... practices , and pointing to some initial lessons learned - lessons that we hope will help maintain and strengthen ... practice will inform theory and improve our understanding of how these net- works tick and where they can be useful ...
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