Reflections on a United Nations' career : an insider's account / Ian Howie.
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
303077063X (electronic bk.)
9783030770624
3030770621
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
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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
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Includes index.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 27, 2021).
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Springer biographies. 2365-0621
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Table of Contents
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.
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.