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Dinosaurs or Dynamos

The United Nations and the World Bank at the Turn of the Century

By: Helge Ole Bergesen,Leiv Lunde

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Dinosaurs or Dynamos

The United Nations and the World Bank at the Turn of the Century

By: Helge Ole Bergesen,Leiv Lunde

Explores how much and what the World Bank and the United Nations can really be expected to achieve. The text begins with a detailed account of the evolution of the two organizations as multilateral development institutions and then focuses on the functions that the World Bank and the UN carry out, and the governing structures that underlie their activities. The authors then go on to question what need there is for these two multilateral institutions in the next century and which tasks they can undertake in promoting world development. Both the United Nations (UN) and the World Bank have repeatedly proclaimed their solemn ambitions to improve the lot of humankind. Dinosaurs or Dynamos? explores how much, and what, they can really be expected to do. Both have extended their functions far beyond their original mandates, while their decision-making structures have remained basically unaltered despite recent adaptations on the part of the World Bank. Such expansions have created serious strains on both organizations. The UN has ambitions to perform tasks, such as the search for 'good governance' and 'sustainable development', for which it is ill equipped. The World Bank has taken on normative functions - 'the premier development institution' - that are incompatible with its traditional structures. The authors ask, what need is there for these two multilateral development institutions in the next century? Which tasks in promoting world development can they undertake that others cannot? To whom are these institutions politically accountable, who sets their agendas and are they credible given financial constraints? Dinosaurs or Dynamos? is an essential guide for those working within the international community, non-governmental organizations, governments and students of development, economics, politics and international relations.

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1134193858

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Yearbook of International Cooperation on Environment and Development 1999-2000

By: Helge Ole Bergesen,Georg Parmann,Oystein B. Thommessen

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Yearbook of International Cooperation on Environment and Development 1999-2000

By: Helge Ole Bergesen,Georg Parmann,Oystein B. Thommessen

List of Contents * Current Issues and Key Themes * Agreements on Environment and Development Systematically listed key data and illustrations concerning the most important international agreements presented on the basis of information from the organizations in question and other sources, covering such matters as: objectives ? scope ? time and place of establishment ? status of participation ? affiliated instruments and organizations ? major activities ? secretariat ? finance ? rules and standards ? monitoring and implementation ? decision-making bodies ? key publications ? Internet sources. This edition includes the new Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in decision Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters and the Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade. * Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs), including UN specialized agencies objectives ? type of organization ? membership ? date of establishment ? secretariat ? activities ? decision-making bodies ? finance ? key publications ? Internet sources. * International Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) * objectives ? type of organization ? membership ? date of establishment ? secretariat ? activities ? budget ? key publications ? Internet sources. * Country Profiles Summaries of the performance and main commitments of 15 OECD countries in addition to Brazil, Indonesia, Nigeria, South Africa, and Thailand. Originally published in 1999

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1134055536

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Year Book of International Co-operation on Environment and Development

By: Helge Ole Bergesen,Georg Parmann,Oystein B. Thommessen

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Year Book of International Co-operation on Environment and Development

By: Helge Ole Bergesen,Georg Parmann,Oystein B. Thommessen

This eighth annual edition analyzes the international community's position on specific environment and development problems, the main obstacles to effective international solutions, and how to overcome them. It assesses both the achievements and shortcomings of co-operation, distinguishing between the rhetoric and the reality of environmental world politics.

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1134055250

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9781134055258

Energy Structures and Environmental Futures

By: Torleif Haugland,Helge Ole Bergesen,Kjell Roland

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Energy Structures and Environmental Futures

By: Torleif Haugland,Helge Ole Bergesen,Kjell Roland

This book examines the history and prospects of the European energy sector for the last twenty-five and the next twenty-five years. The energy sector in Europe is faced with two challenges. On the one hand, economic integration and internationalization of markets, on the other the risks posedby climate change and the likelihood of further demands by consumers and governments to restructure the sector in line with a more environmentalist agenda. The authors' analysis is rooted in a careful examination of the factors that have shaped energy in Europa over the last twenty-five years, its regulatory systems, its corporate structure, and the role of energy and environmental policies. The book then examines how these might or might not betransformed in the light of intensified and accelerated economic and political integration in Europe or if the sector is faced with sustained pressure to restructure from the environmental lobby. The authors conclude that whatever major changes may be in the offing in the early twenty-first century, they will have to work through the structures of the twentieth century which are not going to yield easily either to economic internationalization or political environmentalism.

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0198233604

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Dinosaurs or Dynamos

The United Nations and the World Bank at the Turn of the Century

By: Helge Ole Bergesen,Leiv Lunde

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The United Nations and the World Bank at the Turn of the Century

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Energy Structures and Environmental Futures

By: Torleif Haugland,Helge Ole Bergesen,Kjell Roland

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Year Book of International Co-operation on Environment and Development

By: Helge Ole Bergesen,Georg Parmann,Oystein B. Thommessen

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Yearbook of International Cooperation on Environment and Development 1999-2000

By: Helge Ole Bergesen,Georg Parmann,Oystein B. Thommessen

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Yearbook of Iced 2001/2002

By: Helge Ole Bergesen,Fridtjof Nansen-stiftelsen på Polhøgda

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Yearbook of Iced 2001/2002

By: Helge Ole Bergesen,Fridtjof Nansen-stiftelsen på Polhøgda

A comprehensive reference to all international agreements in environment and development. It details the objectives, status, rules, funding and implementation of each instrument. Essays by leading authorities assess the achievements and the shortcomings of international co-operation. International governmental organizations (IGOs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and participating countries are profiled.

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1853837741

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