The Development Diplomat Working Across Borders Boardrooms And Bureaucracies To End Poverty

Author : Fatema Z. Sumar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1636764959

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The Development Diplomat: Working Across Borders, Boardrooms, and Bureaucracies to End Poverty by Fatema Z. Sumar Pdf

When first-generation Muslim-American Fatema Z. Sumar was given the chance to serve and lead across the US government, she seized it. Traveling more than three-quarters of a million miles worldwide, from Afghanistan and Pakistan to Jordan and Mongolia, Sumar worked to fight poverty and create economic opportunities for the world's most vulnerable even as she raised three daughters at home. Documented within the pages of The Development Diplomat: Working Across Borders, Boardrooms, and Bureaucracies to End Poverty, Sumar shares captivating first-hand accounts of what both success and failure look like in our foreign aid efforts from Capitol Hill to world capitals. Sumar's powerful vision of development diplomacy is a must-read for anyone interested in an international career. When foreign policy and international development experts come together, the possibilities to fight poverty are endless. The Development Diplomat creates a roadmap for current practitioners and the next generation of development diplomats to take on their journey toward changing the world. 

Author : John Norris
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781538154670

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The Enduring Struggle by John Norris Pdf

"This comprehensive history of the U.S. Agency for International Development, the U.S. government’s official bilateral foreign aid agency, deserves to be read by all students of U.S. foreign policy." Foreign Affairs US Foreign aid is one of the most misunderstand functions of our federal government. Consuming less than 1% of the federal government budget, it has nonetheless played an outsized role in political debate. At the center of this controversy and misunderstanding has been the U.S. Agency for International Development, or AID, the government agency created during the Kennedy administration to administer America’s foreign assistance programs, an often-conflicted behemoth with a presence spanning the globe. In this book, journalist and foreign policy expert John Norris provides a compelling and rich story of AID, warts and all. There have been moments of enormous triumph: the eradication of smallpox, the Green Revolution, efforts to bring family planning to millions of women for the first time. There have also been florid, headline-grabbing failures in places like Vietnam and Iraq, missteps born out of ignorance and ethnocentrism, and money that flowed into the coffers of despots like President Mobutu in Zaire. In totality, the work of AID has touched millions and millions of lives in ways that have been truly profound, both good and bad. On the Eve of AID’s 60th anniversary, Norris shares history on an almost epic scale that remains largely untold.

Author : Parag Khanna
Publisher : Random House
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011-01-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780679604280

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How to Run the World by Parag Khanna Pdf

Here is a stunning and provocative guide to the future of international relations—a system for managing global problems beyond the stalemates of business versus government, East versus West, rich versus poor, democracy versus authoritarianism, free markets versus state capitalism. Written by the most esteemed and innovative adventurer-scholar of his generation, Parag Khanna’s How to Run the World posits a chaotic modern era that resembles the Middle Ages, with Asian empires, Western militaries, Middle Eastern sheikhdoms, magnetic city-states, wealthy multinational corporations, elite clans, religious zealots, tribal hordes, and potent media seething in an ever more unpredictable and dangerous storm. But just as that initial “dark age” ended with the Renaissance, Khanna believes that our time can become a great and enlightened age as well—only, though, if we harness our technology and connectedness to forge new networks among governments, businesses, and civic interest groups to tackle the crises of today and avert those of tomorrow. With his trademark energy, intellect, and wit, Khanna reveals how a new “mega-diplomacy” consisting of coalitions among motivated technocrats, influential executives, super-philanthropists, cause-mopolitan activists, and everyday churchgoers can assemble the talent, pool the money, and deploy the resources to make the global economy fairer, rebuild failed states, combat terrorism, promote good governance, deliver food, water, health care, and education to those in need, and prevent environmental collapse. With examples taken from the smartest capital cities, most progressive boardrooms, and frontline NGOs, Khanna shows how mega-diplomacy is more than an ad hoc approach to running a world where no one is in charge—it is the playbook for creating a stable and self-correcting world for future generations. How to Run the World is the cutting-edge manifesto for diplomacy in a borderless world.

Author : Oswaldo de Rivero B.
Publisher : Zed Books
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Developing countries
ISBN : 1856499499

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The Myth of Development by Oswaldo de Rivero B. Pdf

In order to prevent increasing social and political disorders, the author argues that many countries with primary production and explosive urban growth will have to abandon dreams of development to adopt a policy of national survival based on the search for water, food, and energy security - and the stabilization of their populations."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : William Easterly,William Russell Easterly
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1594200378

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The White Man's Burden by William Easterly,William Russell Easterly Pdf

Argues that western foreign aid efforts have done little to stem global poverty, citing how such organizations as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank are not held accountable for ineffective practices that the author believes intrude into the inner workings of other countries. By the author of The Elusive Quest for Growth. 60,000 first printing.

Author : Kishan S. Rana,Jovan Kurbalija,Valentin Katrandjiev
Publisher : Diplo Foundation
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Diplomacy
ISBN : 9789993253167

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Multistakeholder Diplomacy by Kishan S. Rana,Jovan Kurbalija,Valentin Katrandjiev Pdf

Author : Eric Schlosser
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780547750330

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Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser Pdf

An exploration of the fast food industry in the United States, from its roots to its long-term consequences.

Author : Mark Hunter
Publisher : UNESCO
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Investigative reporting
ISBN : 9789230010898

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The Global Investigative Journalism Casebook by Mark Hunter Pdf

Author : Richard K. Betts
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 724 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351864862

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Conflict After the Cold War by Richard K. Betts Pdf

Edited by one of the most renowned scholars in the field, Richard Betts' Conflict After the Cold War assembles classic and contemporary readings on enduring problems of international security. Offering broad historical and philosophical breadth, the carefully chosen and excerpted selections in this popular reader help students engage key debates over the future of war and the new forms that violent conflict will take. Conflict After the Cold War encourages closer scrutiny of the political, economic, social, and military factors that drive war and peace. New to the Fifth Edition: Original introductions to each of 10 major parts as well as to the book as a whole have been updated by the author. An entirely new section (Part IX) on "Threat Assessment and Misjudgment" explores fundamental problems in diagnosing danger, understanding strategic choices, and measuring costs against benefits in wars over limited stakes. 12 new readings have been added or revised: Fred C. Iklé, "The Dark Side of Progress" G. John Ikenberry, "China’s Choice" Kenneth N. Waltz, "Why Nuclear Proliferation May Be Good" Daniel Byman, "Drones: Technology Serves Strategy" Audrey Kurth Cronin, "Drones: Tactics Undermine Strategy" Eyre Crowe and Thomas Sanderson, "The German Threat? 1907" Neville Henderson, "The German Threat? 1938" Vladimir Putin, "The Threat to Ukraine from the West" Eliot A. Cohen, "The Russian Threat" James C. Thomson, Jr., "How Could Vietnam Happen? An Autopsy" Stephen Biddle, "Afghanistan’s Legacy" Martin C. Libicki, "Why Cyberdeterrence is Different"

Author : Mark Fathi Massoud
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108832786

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Shari‘a, Inshallah by Mark Fathi Massoud Pdf

Shari'a, Inshallah shows how people have used shari'a to struggle for peace, justice, and human rights in Somalia and Somaliland.

Author : Alessandro Dal Lago,Salvatore Palidda
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010-07-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136933417

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Conflict, Security and the Reshaping of Society by Alessandro Dal Lago,Salvatore Palidda Pdf

A PDF version of this book is available for free in open access via www.tandfebooks.com as well as the OAPEN Library platform, www.oapen.org. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license and is part of the OAPEN-UK research project. This book is an examination of the effect of contemporary wars (such as the 'War on Terror') on civil life at a global level. Contemporary literature on war is mainly devoted to recent changes in the theory and practice of warfare, particular those in which terrorists or insurgents are involved (for example, the 'revolution in military affairs', 'small wars', and so on). On the other hand, today's research on security is focused, among other themes, on the effects of the war on terrorism, and on civil liberties and social control. This volume connects these two fields of research, showing how 'war' and 'security' tend to exchange targets and forms of action as well as personnel (for instance, the spreading use of private contractors in wars and of military experts in the 'struggle for security') in modern society. This shows how, contrary to Clausewitz's belief war should be conceived of as a "continuation of politics by other means", the opposite statement is also true: that politics, insofar as it concerns security, can be defined as the 'continuation of war by other means'. This book will be of much interest to students of critical security studies, war and conflict studies, terrorism studies, sociology and IR in general. Salvatore Palidda is Professor of Sociology in the Faculty of Education at the University of Genoa. Alessandro Dal Lago is Professor of Sociology of Culture and Communication at the University of Genoa.

Author : Jennifer Clapp And Peter Dauvergne
Publisher : Academic Foundation
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8171885551

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Paths to a Green World The Political Economy of the Global Environment by Jennifer Clapp And Peter Dauvergne Pdf

Author : Jorge Cornick,Ernesto Dal Bó,Eduardo Fernández-Arias,Gonzalo Rivas,Ernesto Stein
Publisher : Inter-American Development Bank
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781597823173

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Building Capabilities for Productive Development by Jorge Cornick,Ernesto Dal Bó,Eduardo Fernández-Arias,Gonzalo Rivas,Ernesto Stein Pdf

Productive development policies (PDPs) are notoriously hard. They involve a daunting level of technical detail, require public-private collaboration, are in constant danger of capture, and demand time consistency hard to achieve in a politically volatile region. Nevertheless, the potential of PDPs to revitalize the region’s economic performance and spur productivity growth cannot be ignored. This book takes an in-depth look at 17 cases involving productive development agencies from Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica and Uruguay, identifying key features of institutional design and agency-level practices that make success more likely in this difficult policy arena. Careful study of these experiences might help successful productive development policies gain currency across the region. The cases in this book should not be seen as the exceptions that prove the rule of lackluster PDP performance, but rather as examples that demonstrate the rule can be broken.

Author : Martin Butler,Paul Mecheril,Lea Brenningmeyer
Publisher : transcript Verlag
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017-06-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783839431498

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Resistance by Martin Butler,Paul Mecheril,Lea Brenningmeyer Pdf

All around the world and throughout history, resistance has played an important role - and it still does. Some strive to raise it to cause change. Some dare not to speak of it. Some try to smother it to keep a status quo. The contributions to this volume explore phenomena of resistance in a range of historical and contemporary environments. In so doing, they not only contribute to shaping a comparative view on subjects, representations, and contexts of resistance, but also open up a theoretical dialogue on terms and concepts of resistance both in and across different disciplines. With contributions by Micha Brumlik, Peter McLaren, and others.

Author : Colin Power
Publisher : Springer
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789812872210

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The Power of Education by Colin Power Pdf

This book is about the power of education: the kind of education that simultaneously improves the quality of life both of individuals and the wider society. It explains why education must be viewed as a basic human right, as a value in and of itself, and reviews the evidence on how education builds the human resources that individuals and nations need to be productive, to continue to learn, to solve problems, to be creative, and to live together and with nature in peace and harmony. When nations ensure that such an education is accessible to all throughout their lives, education becomes the engine of sustainable development – economic, social, moral and cultural. The book is unique in that it covers the development of education at all levels in all countries of the Asia-Pacific region and beyond, using the latest international data bases, while blending in analyses of both quantitate and qualitative research.