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Tables of Contents for Reforming the UN System
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Abbreviations
x
Notes on Authors
xiii
Acknowledgements
xiv
Foreword
xv
Clare Short
Preface
xviii
Carlos A. Magarinos
Introduction
1
1
Changes in the global landscape
1
2
Dealing with globalization
3
1
The role of the UN
4
3
The Cases For Reform
7
34
The changing international political environment
9
1
Unseay consensus
10
1
Shift in policy priorities
11
1
Emergence of new partners
12
1
The role of the UN: normative vs operational
13
1
How the UN's normative functions evolved
14
1
Quest for a new economic order
15
1
Backlash against multilateralism
16
1
The Brundtland Commission: sustainable development
17
1
The South Commission: poverty and human needs
18
2
Evolution of the UN's operational functions
20
2
Early reform proposals
22
3
The UN Charter: hindrance and asset
25
1
Financial crisis
25
1
Tackling the budget: the Group of 18
26
1
Pragmatic adjustment: the Childers-Urquhart proposals
27
1
Major recent reform proposals
28
7
The main themes of reform
35
6
Annex: The UN reform dossier
38
3
The Need for Reform
41
22
The key role of technical progress
43
1
The rise of market-based capital flows
44
1
Growing disparities
45
1
Manufacturing as a driving force
46
2
Concentration of benefits
48
1
Concentration of FDI inflows
49
2
Human resources: a core factor
51
2
Acquiring the technology: imports and domestic effort
53
2
Strategy options
55
1
Beyond liberalization
56
2
The role of government and public goods
58
2
Global public goods and international institutions
60
3
Sustainable Industrialization and Development: The Role of Unido
63
18
Missing links in the Development Agenda
63
4
Industrialization and development
67
4
The need for policies to promote industrialization
71
3
A varied record
74
1
The role of UNIDO
74
2
Creation and diffusion of knowledge
76
5
The Evolution of Unido
81
12
The beginnings
81
1
UNDP and UNIDO
82
4
UNIDO as a Specialized agency
86
2
Beginning of reforms and looming crisis
88
5
From Crisis To The Danish Assessment And The Business Plan
93
18
United States withdrawal
93
2
The motives behind the 1997 crisis
95
2
The response
97
1
Developing the Business Plan
98
2
The Business Plan: objectives, structure and priorities
100
3
Lessons of the Business Plan
103
1
The importance of the Danish Assessment
104
7
Annex: The Business Plan as key players saw it
106
5
The Transformation of Unido
111
38
Phase I
113
6
Phase II
119
10
UNIDO's global forum functions
129
2
System-wide cooperation
131
2
The lessons of UNIDO's transformation process
133
6
A final comment
139
10
Annex I: A parallel case: the evolving role of UNCTAD
140
4
Annex II: UNIDO after the transformation: relevance and challenges
144
5
Conclusions
149
17
Limits to reform
149
1
Changing setting for development
150
1
Learning from UNIDO's trajectory
151
1
Onset of the Business Plan
152
1
Transforming UNIDO
152
1
Litmus test
153
13
Annex: The Structure of the UN System
155
11
Appendix I. International Economic and Social Cooperation in the UN Charter
166
2
Appendix II. Main UN intergovernmental and expert bodies in the economic, social and human rights field
168