Assignment: The role of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in global civil society
Reference: United Nations Development Programme website:
For this analysis you are only being given one reference - the link above to the UNDP website. In undertaking your research you are required to find a minimum of four other sources of information to support your analysis and argument.
Hint: You will find a lot of the required sources via the UNDP site (there is a link to publications), but do not limit yourself to just those sources. Google Scholar is an excellent resource for finding academic papers - as is the UC Library.
Analysis question:
Uppermost in our minds must be the importance of integrated decision-making which seeks to weave together the economic, social, and environmental strands of sustainable development. (Helen Clark, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme)
The UNDP is an example of global civil society. Analyse the meaning of global civil society and then critically examine the role of the UNDP in achieving the goal of economic, social and environmental sustainable development.
Theoretical concepts:
equality
sustainable development
Millennium Goals
global civil society
Length: 500 words
Note on spelling: The United Nations uses the English spelling of ‘programme'. Most of us (including me) now use the US version, ‘program'. When referring to the UNDP, or any other UN Programme, it is correct to use the English spelling.