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OverviewUNICEF is one of the best known organizations of the United Nations system and the oldest of the UN's development funds. It is also the part of the UN which consistently receives support from all countries round the world, including the United States. This book brings out the wider reasons for UNICEF's success and popularity, setting them in the context of UNICEF's evolution since 1946 and drawing lessons for other international organizations. This will be of great interest to all scholars of international organisations, development, human rights and the United Nations system. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Richard Jolly (Institute of Development Studies, UK.)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.304kg ISBN: 9780415491174ISBN 10: 0415491177 Pages: 202 Publication Date: 27 March 2014 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"Chapter 1 The vision of two early giants, 1946-60, Chapter 2 Planning for children and the role of economists, 1960-70, Chapter 3 ""Basic services"" and ""health for all,"" 1970-80, Chapter 4 The Jim Grant years, 1980-95, Chapter 5 Nutrition, WASH, education, and ""children in difficult circumstances"", Chapter 6 The human rights-based approach, 1995-2010, Chapter 7 UNICEF today, Chapter 8 Conclusions for global governance and the UN"ReviewsMoved and led by the visionary Jim Grant, UNICEF has been one of the biggest contributors to a better world, as well as a pioneer in making us understand how social change has to be assessed and evaluated, and what can be practically done to accomplish what most people thought could not be achieved. This book, by one of the leading players in UNICEF's efforts and attainments, is a gripping account of firm-footed progress in a world of adversity. This is a success story that deserves to be known, partly for further and continued progress in the lives of children as well as adults everywhere, but also as a definitive challenge to premature - but widespread - pessimism about the pursuit of the global good. Amartya Sen is Thomas W. Lamont University Professor, and Professor of Economics and Philosophy at Harvard University. Richard Jolly is both passionate advocate and careful analyst of UNICEF. He was part of its leadership during its years of world changing glory under Jim Grant and then academic observer of a later UNICEF that has operated in harder times. In this highly readable volume, Jolly explores the lessons for leadership in the UN and powerfully calls for applying these lessons for humane global governance in the wider world. Mark Malloch-Brown, former UN Deputy Secretary-General. Author InformationSir Richard Jolly is Honorary Professor and Research Associate of the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, UK. As co-director of the UN Intellectual History Project, he is currently overseeing and working on a 14 volume history of the UN's contributions to economic and social development since its beginning in 1945. Richard Jolly is a Trustee of OXFAM, a Director of the Overseas Development Institute and Chairman of the UN Association of the United Kingdom. He was made a Knight of the Order of St. Michael and St George in the New Years Honours of 2001 for his contributions to international development. Before this, he was, for 14 1/2 years, Deputy Executive Director in UNICEF, with responsibilities for UNICEF's programmes in over 130 countries of the world, including UNICEF's strategy for support to countries. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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