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The project analyses the emergence of development assistance within the United Nations system from the idea was first institutionalized in the late 1940s and up to the present.
The United Nations and International Development Cooperation
The project is part of an extensive international research program – The United Nations Intellectual History Project (UNIHP). Drawing on theories of international relations, international organizations and development, the project describes and analyses the emergence of international development assistance within the United Nations system, from the idea was first institutionalized in the late 1940s and up to the present. The main emphasis is on the evolving policy within the central bodies of the UN system within this policy area, the General Assembly and ECOSOC, and within the main operational programmes, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and its forerunners, and the World Food Programme (WFP). It will be published as a monography by Indiana University Press.
The Research Council of Norway
The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
The United Nations Intellectual History Project