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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... various appendixes ) . The GPP theme featured in several speeches and keynote addresses at meetings and conferences in the United States and abroad . Finally , the project was able to attract additional funding from several foundations ...
... various appendixes ) . The GPP theme featured in several speeches and keynote addresses at meetings and conferences in the United States and abroad . Finally , the project was able to attract additional funding from several foundations ...
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... various sectors , existing organizations , and sovereign territories . Another commonality is that all these networks have made intense and often ingenious use of the new information technologies that for several decades have been ...
... various sectors , existing organizations , and sovereign territories . Another commonality is that all these networks have made intense and often ingenious use of the new information technologies that for several decades have been ...
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... various consulta- tions , the WCD aims to assist future decision - making on the planning , design , monitoring , and operation of large dams . → Networks are natural mechanisms for gathering and disseminating knowledge , and some GPP ...
... various consulta- tions , the WCD aims to assist future decision - making on the planning , design , monitoring , and operation of large dams . → Networks are natural mechanisms for gathering and disseminating knowledge , and some GPP ...
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... various strate- gies to achieve greater inclusion . They can define and pursue multiple levels of engagement , for example by establishing organizations at the national level whose deliberations feed into the global network . They can ...
... various strate- gies to achieve greater inclusion . They can define and pursue multiple levels of engagement , for example by establishing organizations at the national level whose deliberations feed into the global network . They can ...
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... various areas of responsibility . By acting as a facilitator and platform for GPP networks , the United Nations can ... various roles at various times in GPP networks : The organization can act as convenor by , for example , organizing ...
... various areas of responsibility . By acting as a facilitator and platform for GPP networks , the United Nations can ... various roles at various times in GPP networks : The organization can act as convenor by , for example , organizing ...
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