Sound Bite
For four decades the UN has attempted to foster development in the countries of the global south. The book provides a synopsis of these efforts, from the Brandt Commission Report to Boutros Boutros Ghali's Agenda for Development.Prof. Milkias presents opposing arguments in allotting responsibility for the growing gap between the North and the South and details the Millennium Development Goals and assesses their successes and failures so far. He provides suggestions for closing the gap, for removing the debt burden that is currently crushing the nations of the South, and for relieving the poverty, ignorance and disease that plague so much of humanity.
About the Author
Paulos Milkias, a former Canada Council Doctoral Fellow, is Professor of Humanities and Political Science at Marianopolis College/Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. He earned his Ph.D. and M.A. from McGill University, Montreal, and his B.A. from Haile Selassie University in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Dr. Milkias has published two books with Algora Publishing, and several other books mostly focusing on Ethiopia. He is Editor of North-East-African Studies (Michigan State University), and Horn of Africa, (Rutgers University). As well, he is Contributing Editor of World Education Encyclopedia (Facts on File Publications, 1988) and a lead author for Encyclopaedia Aethiopica (University of Hamburg 2005). Dr. Milkias has published over 100 articles, many of which have appeared in peer reviewed and prestigious scholarly journals.
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About the Book
In this unique book Dr. Milkias places the focus on the United Nations contribution to the development of the nations of the Global South and summarizes what the UN has accomplished in advancing development during the last half century. The data...
In this unique book Dr. Milkias places the focus on the United Nations contribution to the development of the nations of the Global South and summarizes what the UN has accomplished in advancing development during the last half century. The data is up to date and the mantra of Millennium Development Goals is explained in simple language.Another new element in the book is the author s down-to-earth but comprehensive explanation of the gap between the North and the South. In succeeding chapters he explains reasons for the gap, elucidating the position of liberal economists on the one hand and dependency as well as participatory development analysts on the other. He enumerates structural inequalities in the era of globalization, the advantages of participatory development and sustainable growth as well as needs for technology transfer. Although there are several books on the gap between the north and the south, not many explain chronologically and in detail UN attempts to help the south develop. In terms of actions to close the gap, the only book that comes near to covering the main features of development goals as this monograph does is a book published by the UN Millennium Project itself under the title: Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goal (2005.) That official publication brings together the core recommendations of the UN Millennium Project and outlines practical investment strategies and approaches to financing them. It also presents an operational framework that will allow nations of the south to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015 and suggests that even the poorest of the poor among nations would be able to do so. This rosy picture is, however, far from reality and fails to pinpoint the problems that would hinder many nations development goals to be achieved by the target year of 2015. Developing the Global South, clearly upbeat about the future, not only explains the problems in detail and how to overcome them but also documents over 40 years of dramatic achievements as well as considerable amounts of unfulfilled hopes the traces of which can be clearly observed more than half way into the deadline set by the United Nations. The book is written for Third World Development scholars but in a style that is accessible and engaging for the layman as well.
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Although there are several books on the gap between the north and the south, not many explain chronologically and in detail UN attempts to help the south develop. In terms of actions to close the gap, the only book that comes near to covering the main features of development goals as this monograph does is a book published by the UN Millennium Project itself under the title: Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goal (2005.) That official...
Although there are several books on the gap between the north and the south, not many explain chronologically and in detail UN attempts to help the south develop. In terms of actions to close the gap, the only book that comes near to covering the main features of development goals as this monograph does is a book published by the UN Millennium Project itself under the title: Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goal (2005.) That official publication brings together the core recommendations of the UN Millennium Project and outlines practical investment strategies and approaches to financing them. It also presents an operational framework that will allow nations of the south to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015 and suggests that even the poorest of the poor among nations would be able to do so. This rosy picture is, however, far from reality and fails to pinpoint the problems that would hinder many nationsÃ??' development goals to be achieved by the target year of 2015. Developing the South for the Third Millennium, clearly upbeat about the future, not only explains the problems in detail and how to overcome them but also documents over 40 years of dramatic achievements as well as considerable amounts of unfulfilled hopes the traces of which can be clearly observed more than half way into the UN set deadline.
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Amb. Zewde Gabre-Selassie, former Deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia | More »
Amb. Zewde Gabre-Selassie, former Deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia
"Dr. Paulos Milkias’ book is breathtaking and panoramic in scope, covering the United Nations' decades-old efforts to help the Third World develop. It is indeed one of the most cogent exposes of Africa, Asia, Latin America and the widely scattered island states of the world. In presenting the views of the North and the South, the author is balanced, poignant and masterful. The monograph, which is a riveting and deeply-informed account of the developmental tribulations of the global south, is also a concise encyclopedia of the United Nations which I wish I had at hand when I was involved in international diplomacy. This book should be required reading for global civil servants and students of development and International Organizations."
Zewde Gabre-Selassie, D.Phil (Oxon), former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United Nations and Deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia
Berhanu Dinka, former UN Deputy and Special Envoy | More »
Berhanu Dinka, former UN Deputy and Special Envoy
"A brilliant work born out of serious reflection and rigorous analysis of a scholar, … [this book] is also an articulate expose … of the unimaginable poverty and its consequences which affect the daily lives of the great majority of the people in the developing countries.…The suggestions and recommendations Professor Paulos makes regarding the developmental needs of the South and the role he prescribes for the United Nations Organization have been informed by [the dual perspectives of North and South]. Policy makers, development experts, trade negotiators, professional diplomats and the public at large owe it to themselves to read and re-read this important book."
Berhanu Dinka, former Deputy and Special Envoy of United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan
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©2010 Book News Inc. Portland, OR
Milkias (humanities and political science, Concordia U., Montreal) has two goals with this treatise. The first is to counter the many inadequate or contradictory statements about diplomacy, international organizations, and development problems of the Third World that policy makers and journalists take for fact. The second is to introduce students taking courses in such areas as international organizations and development to be fully informed about the United Nations and what is being done daily about the economic gap between the North and the South.
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Pages 334 Year: 2009 BISAC: POL011000 POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General BISAC: POL045000 POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism BISAC: SOC042000 SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing Countries
Hard Cover ISBN: 978-0-87586-724-3
Price: USD 33.95
eBook ISBN: 978-0-87586-725-0
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