Reflections on a United Nations' career : an insider's account / Ian Howie.
Howie, Ian, author.
2021
JZ4984.5 .H68 2021
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Title Reflections on a United Nations' career : an insider's account / Ian Howie.
Author Howie, Ian, author.
ISBN 9783030770631 (electronic bk.)
303077063X (electronic bk.)
9783030770624
3030770621
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77063-1
Published Cham : Springer, [2021]
Copyright ©2021
Language English
Description 1 online resource : illustrations (some color)
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-030-77063-1 doi
Call Number JZ4984.5 .H68 2021
Dewey Decimal Classification 341.23092
Summary This book is more than an autobiographical account of the career of a young graduate from Australia who spent his life working as a United Nations official. It is in fact, a critical, indispensable debriefing of a UN insider's account as it follows the life of a development practitioner for more than three decades within the global aid sector. It also goes where few others have dared to go before, providing first-hand insights into the realities of a UN career official's life. While many throughout the world may wish to join the "UN family" or have already become part of the development sector, it is presumed they all have a vision to act as vehicles for positive social change. However, expectations can and may differ once realities have sunk in. The book opens a unique space in the international aid sector--particularly, population security--around elements of personal and professional rewards and costs
Note Includes index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 27, 2021).
Series Springer biographies. 2365-0621
Available in Other Form Print version: 9783030770624
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Chapter 1. From Melbourne and Back Again
Chapter 2. Welcome to the UN Family
Chapter 3. Learning by Doing: Bangladesh
Chapter 4. A Success? Sri Lanka
Chapter 5. From East to West: Kenya
Chapter 6. Even Further West: Ghana
Chapter 7. The Population Challenge: China
Chapter 8. Surviving in the People's Paradise: DPRK
Chapter 9. You Must be Mad: UN Headquarters
Chapter 10. No More Business as Usual: Viet Nam
Chapter 11. Life After Death: Rwanda.

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