International Organizations and Development, 1945-1990 [electronic resource] /
Frey, M.editor.
Kunkel, S.editor.
Unger, C. R.editor.
This volume explores how international organizations became involved in the making of global development policy, and looks at the driving forces and dynamics behind that process, critically assessing the consequences their policies have had around the world.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Title ; Copyright; Contents; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: International Organizations, Global Development, and the Making ofthe Contemporary World; 2 Technical Internationalism and Economic Development at the Founding Moment of the UN System; 3 The Human Story of Development: Alva Myrdal at the UN, 1949-1955; 4 "To Keep Food Out of Politics": The UN Food and Agriculture Organization, 1945-1965
5 Between Entanglements and Dependencies: Food, Nutrition, and National Development atthe Central American Institute of Nutrition (INCAP)6 In the Name of World Healthand Development: The World Health Organization and Malaria Eradication in India, 1949-1970; 7 Free Trade and Freedom to Trade: The Development Challenge to GATT, 1947-1968; 8 A Club of the Rich to Help the Poor? The OECD, "Development", and the Hegemony of Donor Countries; 9 A "Global Nervous System": The Rise and Rise of European Humanitarian NGOs, 1945-1985
10 Of Heartfelt Charity and Billion Dollar Enterprise: From Postwar Relief to Europe to Humanitarian Relief to "Everywhere" - CARE, Inc., in Search of a New Mission11 Contesting Globalization: The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the Transnationalization of Sovereignty; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This volume explores how international organizations became involved in the making of global development policy, and looks at the driving forces and dynamics behind that process, critically assessing the consequences their policies have had around the world.
World politics.
Economic development.
World history.
History, Modern.
Development economics.
Political History.
Development Theory.
World History, Global and Transnational History.
Modern History.
Development Studies.
Development Economics.