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Arms Bazaar, The

Series: ODS Lecture
( Print: November 1996 )

This lecture, by the former President of Costa Rica Oscar Arias Sanchez, reveals the extent and surge of the arms trade in the post-cold war world and its consequences for development.

This lecture, by the former President of Costa Rica Oscar Arias Sanchez, reveals the extent and surge of the arms trade in the post-cold war world and its consequences for development.


Global Competitiveness and Human Development

Allies or Adversaries?

Series: ODS Lecture
( Print: April 1997 )

The nations of the developing world are not just emerging markets, as the phase has it. They are human societies. This publication walks us through the systemic human development problems that emerge...

The nations of the developing world are not just emerging markets, as the phase has it. They are human societies. This publication walks us through the systemic human development problems that emerge...


LIFE

Participatory Local Governance

Series: Technical Advisory Paper
( Print: August 1997 )

Good governance is widely recognised as the key to human development. This publication analyzes processes, methods and experience of participatory local governance as demonstrated by the Local...

Good governance is widely recognised as the key to human development. This publication analyzes processes, methods and experience of participatory local governance as demonstrated by the Local...


Capacity Development

Series: Technical Advisory Paper
( Print: September 1997 )

Capacity development is increasingly becoming the central purpose of technical cooperation in the 1990s. This United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Technical Advisory Paper presents the lessons...

Capacity development is increasingly becoming the central purpose of technical cooperation in the 1990s. This United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Technical Advisory Paper presents the lessons...


People First

Series: ODS Lecture
( Print: March 1998 )

This book expresses the primacy of people centred development. It calls for a partnership between key institutions such as the United Nations and Government to give people 'a chance' by working...

This book expresses the primacy of people centred development. It calls for a partnership between key institutions such as the United Nations and Government to give people 'a chance' by working...