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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... Strategic Planning Unit , the United Nations Development Programme , and the World Bank . A number of publications were completed during the project's duration , and team members prepared briefings for policymakers ; members of the ...
... Strategic Planning Unit , the United Nations Development Programme , and the World Bank . A number of publications were completed during the project's duration , and team members prepared briefings for policymakers ; members of the ...
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... strategic use of the media and influential individuals . They typically articulate clear and narrowly focused goals for their activities and frame their chosen issue in a way that will have maximum impact , often by couching it in the ...
... strategic use of the media and influential individuals . They typically articulate clear and narrowly focused goals for their activities and frame their chosen issue in a way that will have maximum impact , often by couching it in the ...
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... 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- times intrasectoral divides create opportunities for innovative ...
... 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- times intrasectoral divides create opportunities for innovative ...
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... strategy . In his 1999 address to the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum , UN Secretary - General Kofi Annan observed the following : The United Nations once dealt only with governments . By now we know that peace and prosperity ...
... strategy . In his 1999 address to the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum , UN Secretary - General Kofi Annan observed the following : The United Nations once dealt only with governments . By now we know that peace and prosperity ...
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... strategic approach on how best to coordinate its efforts to engage in GPP networks . This report proposes a three - track approach that is both visionary and feasible : Strengthen and consolidate existing networks by focusing on ...
... strategic approach on how best to coordinate its efforts to engage in GPP networks . This report proposes a three - track approach that is both visionary and feasible : Strengthen and consolidate existing networks by focusing on ...
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