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Reflections on a United Nations' Career
An Insider's Account
Buch von Ian Howie
Sprache: Englisch

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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.
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.
Über den Autor

Ian Howie, Associate Professor, Nossal Institute for Global Health, University of Melbourne, and Adjunct Professor, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, has spent more than 35 years working in the field of international development. The bulk of this time was spent with the United Nations as a career official and included multi-year assignments as the United Nations Population Fund's representative in China (with responsibilities also for Mongolia and North Korea), Viet Nam, Ghana, Rwanda, and Papua New Guinea. Reproductive rights were integral to these appointments, especially when negotiating government policies. Professor Howie also spent seven years at UN Headquarters, New York, following his appointment as the Chief of the Division of Human Resources. Earlier, he served as Chief Technical Adviser with the International Labour Organisation managing primary healthcare projects in rural Bangladesh and, following his plotting of a unique model delivering health services at villagelevel, oversaw its adoption in the plantation sector in Sri Lanka, and in the industrial estates of Kenya and the slums of Nairobi.

Zusammenfassung

Represents an extraordinary meditation on the life of a United Nations career official in the global aid sector

Provides a rare, insight into the UN's international aid operations - successes and failures - by an insider

Is a perfect go-to book for anyone curious about the United Nations

Is a perfect primer to guide those seeking a career in the UN

Inhaltsverzeichnis
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.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Politikwissenschaften
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Buch
Seiten: 264
Reihe: Springer Biographies
Inhalt: xv
247 S.
2 s/w Illustr.
1 farbige Illustr.
247 p. 3 illus.
1 illus. in color.
ISBN-13: 9783030770624
ISBN-10: 3030770621
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: HC runder Rücken kaschiert
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Howie, Ian
Auflage: 1st ed. 2021
Hersteller: Springer International Publishing
Springer International Publishing AG
Springer Biographies
Maße: 241 x 160 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Ian Howie
Erscheinungsdatum: 16.09.2021
Gewicht: 0,565 kg
preigu-id: 119923261
Über den Autor

Ian Howie, Associate Professor, Nossal Institute for Global Health, University of Melbourne, and Adjunct Professor, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, has spent more than 35 years working in the field of international development. The bulk of this time was spent with the United Nations as a career official and included multi-year assignments as the United Nations Population Fund's representative in China (with responsibilities also for Mongolia and North Korea), Viet Nam, Ghana, Rwanda, and Papua New Guinea. Reproductive rights were integral to these appointments, especially when negotiating government policies. Professor Howie also spent seven years at UN Headquarters, New York, following his appointment as the Chief of the Division of Human Resources. Earlier, he served as Chief Technical Adviser with the International Labour Organisation managing primary healthcare projects in rural Bangladesh and, following his plotting of a unique model delivering health services at villagelevel, oversaw its adoption in the plantation sector in Sri Lanka, and in the industrial estates of Kenya and the slums of Nairobi.

Zusammenfassung

Represents an extraordinary meditation on the life of a United Nations career official in the global aid sector

Provides a rare, insight into the UN's international aid operations - successes and failures - by an insider

Is a perfect go-to book for anyone curious about the United Nations

Is a perfect primer to guide those seeking a career in the UN

Inhaltsverzeichnis
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.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Politikwissenschaften
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Buch
Seiten: 264
Reihe: Springer Biographies
Inhalt: xv
247 S.
2 s/w Illustr.
1 farbige Illustr.
247 p. 3 illus.
1 illus. in color.
ISBN-13: 9783030770624
ISBN-10: 3030770621
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: HC runder Rücken kaschiert
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Howie, Ian
Auflage: 1st ed. 2021
Hersteller: Springer International Publishing
Springer International Publishing AG
Springer Biographies
Maße: 241 x 160 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Ian Howie
Erscheinungsdatum: 16.09.2021
Gewicht: 0,565 kg
preigu-id: 119923261
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