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Author:   Zoe Young
Publisher:   Pluto Press
Imprint:   Pluto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.373kg
ISBN:  

9780745315485

ISBN 10:   0745315488
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   20 October 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. GREENING THE NEW WORLD ORDER ‘The Future Of The Earth… In Our Hands’ The GEF in Practice The GEF in Context 2. GLOBAL ENCLOSURES AND THEIR DISCONTENTS Globalisation and its Institutions Aid and Development, Enclosing the Commons? Environmental Movements Multilateral Environment Agreements 3. CREATION OF A GLOBAL GREEN FUND A Global Environment Fund is Conceived The Institutional Arrangement Created Overview of GEF’s Spending in the Pilot Phase GEF Climate Project: Spreading Solar Energy in Zimbabwe Unced and After Interests in the GEF After Rio 4. GETTING THE NEW FACILITY IN ORDER Review and Restructuring The New Governance Structure The New Operational Structure The New Issues Emerging 5. PUTTING PLANS INTO PRACTICE Raising the Money Sources of ‘GEFable’ projects Allocating the Money Distributing the Money Devolving Finance 6. COMPETITION, CO-OPERATION AND DISTORTED FEEDBACK Inside GEF Relations in the GEF Family Participation and Feedback Democracy, Science and Knowledge 7. CAN ANYONE SAVE THE WORLD? Revisiting assessments Saving Worlds. Within Limits Possible alternatives to spending on a GEF References Index

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'By weaving first hand encounters, science and their differing culture perspectives the authors have created an illuminating, heartfelt and highly profound book' -- The Ecologist.

Author Information

Zoe Young has worked on a number of Global Environment Facility research projects, and is the author of several papers on the GEF.

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