Economic development and UN reform : towards a common agenda for action : a proposal in the context of the Millennium Development Goals / by Carlos A. Magariänos.

Pt. 1. A proposal to reinvigorate the economic development functions of the United Nations system in the context of the Millennium Development Goals
1. Towards a business plan for joint action
Diagnosis : dispersal and dilution
The challenge of coordination
Setting up a common agenda for action
Suggested menu of topis : market efficiency and integration, knowledge, environment, benchmarking and monitoring economic performance
The agenda at work
2. The UN in a changing global landscape
Emergence of a bipolar world
Decolonization
The oil crises of the 1970s
End of the Cold War and accelerating globalization
Global terrorism
Globalization and the role of the UN
The private sector
Civil society organizations
The UN's role : normative vs. operational
Evolution of the UN's normative functions
Evolution of the UN's operational functions.