Francis Adams

The United Nations in Latin America

Aiding Development

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Francis Adams examines the United Nations' efforts to promote sustainable in Latin America. Adams analyzes the development work of various UN institutions and agencies that sponsor economic and social programs in the developing world as well as the UN's various funding initiatives, global conferences, and institutional goals.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 286g
• ISBN-13: 9781138874763
• ISBN-10: 1138874760
• Artikelnr.: 42999412

Autorenporträt

Francis Adams is Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies at Old Dominion University. He is the author of From Economic Nationalism to Neo-Liberalism (1993), Dollar Diplomacy: United States Economic Assistance to Latin America (2000), and Deepening Democracy: Global Governance and Political Reform in Latin America (2003). He also co-edited Globalization and the Dilemmas of the State in the South (1999).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. The United Nations and Development 3. Poverty in the
Americas 4. Meeting Basic Human Needs 5. Women in the Americas 6. Promoting
Gender Equity 7. Ecology of the Americas 8. Preserving Natural Environments
9. Aiding Development in the Americas. Appendix 1: Universal Declaration of
Human Rights. Appendix 2: International Covenant on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights. Appendix 3: Declaration on the Right to Development.
Appendix 4: United Nations Millennium Declaration. Appendix 5: Millennium
Development Goals. Appendix 6: Latin American and Caribbean Initiative for
Sustainable Development.