Ideological Underpinnings of the World Assembly on Aging

1983 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 125-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheila Neysmith ◽  
Joey Edwardh
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
International Development ◽  
Older Persons ◽  
Third World ◽  
World Wide ◽  
National Development ◽  
Modernization Theory ◽  
Industrialized Countries ◽  
The World ◽  
Policies And Programs

ABSTRACTThe 1982 World Assembly on Aging was convened to launch an international plan of action aimed at guaranteeing economic and social security to older persons, as well as opportunities for them to contribute to national development. The Plan of Action was to be considered as an integral component of major international development strategies and programs which have been formulated in response to important world problems and needs. This paper examines the background documents on aging prepared by the United Nations for world wide regional meetings held before the Assembly. It argues that the issues raised were restricted to a “social problems” perspective on aging which is congruent with the modernization theory of development. The economic and political dependency of Third World countries was ignored. As a result, the discussion and recommendations emerging from the regional meetings, in both developed and underdeveloped areas, focused only on policies and programs similar to those in industrialized countries. This paper concludes that such programs are irrelevant to the lives of most people as they age.

Commercial Drug Compendium Information: A First World/Third World Comparison

1988 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 587-602 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas M. Pleil ◽  
Dev S. Pathak
Keyword(s):  
Third World ◽  
World Health ◽  
Industrialized Countries ◽  
Amount Of Information ◽  
Pharmaceutical Firms ◽  
Content Model ◽  
The World ◽  
World Information ◽  
First World ◽  
Desk Reference

The purpose of this study was to determine what differences exist in the content of commercial drug compendium monographs available in First World and Third World countries. A content model representing First World information was developed from monographs contained in the Physicians' Desk Reference, ABPI Data Sheet Compendium, and the Rote Liste. The content of the three First World compendia was found to be variable, with the Physicians' Desk Reference consistently more comprehensive than either the ABPI or Rote Liste. This result suggests that there is a lack of agreement among industrialized countries regarding what amount of information is necessary or appropriate for inclusion in a commercial drug compendium. A sample of 58 monographs was selected from four Third World compendia and evaluated in terms of comprehensiveness and accuracy. These monographs represented five commonly prescribed drugs from the World Health Organization's Essential Drugs List. The monographs were found to be less comprehensive than any of the three monographs contained in the First World compendia. Approximately 5 percent of the information contained in the sampled monographs was determined to be inaccurate. The sampled monographs for drugs supplied by multinational pharmaceutical firms were found to contain the same amount of information as those for drugs supplied by domestic firms.

Von einer Neuen Weltwirtschaftsordnung zu einer neuen Weltfreihandelsordnung oder mehr Freihandel statt mehr Gerechtigkeit

1992 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-40
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Kessler
Keyword(s):  
Trade Policy ◽  
Free Trade ◽  
World Trade ◽  
World Economy ◽  
World Wide ◽  
World Market ◽  
Industrialized Countries ◽  
The World ◽  
Free Trade Policy

Abstract Wolfgang Kessler gives a report on the latest developments ofthe GATT negociations. The failure ofthe Uiruguay round in the autumn of 1990 and the irksome attempts at reanimation are depicted as a result of the strategy ofthe industrialized countries to bargain for their interests by demanding an extension oftheir free trade policy on additional parts of the world market. Kessler contrasts this strategy with a model of an ecologically and socially regulated world trade founded on world-wide agreed upon treaties that focus on a sustainable world economy.

scholarly journals Household Structure and Older Persons

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 501-501
Author(s):  
Sandile Simelane ◽  
Tapiwa Jhamba ◽  
Rachel Snow ◽  
Sainan Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Older Persons ◽  
Household Structure ◽  
Socioeconomic Conditions ◽  
Global Context ◽  
Policy Responses ◽  
The World ◽  
Life Circumstances

Abstract This research explores the life circumstances of older persons (aged 60 years and above), focusing on the sociodemographic and socioeconomic conditions of those who live alone. We situate the living arrangements of older persons within the global context of changing household structures in 76 countries from all regions of the world. Older persons who live alone are among those most likely to need governmental and other forms of social support. The analysis presented here is crucial for supporting policy responses to the needs of older persons, including the special attention they require during the current COVID-19 crisis. It also supports the operationalization of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA)(United Nations, 2002), the realization of United Nations Principles for Older Persons (United Nations, 1991), and the broader framework of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development(ICPA-POA).

The Political History of Nigeria's New Capital

1984 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 167-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Moore
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
World Wide ◽  
National Development ◽  
Capital City ◽  
The Political ◽  
Military Government ◽  
The World ◽  
National Capital ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject

On 4 February 1976 the Federal Military Government of Nigeria promulgated Decree No. 6, initiating the removal of the national capital from Lagos to Abuja. Thus Nigeria followed Brazil, Botswana, Malawi, Pakistan, and Tanzania to become the most recent developing country to arrange for a transfer of its centre of government. The proliferation of new capitals constructed in the twentieth century has captured the world-wide attention of geographers, architects, planners, and demographers, but the literature on the subject examines these projects almost exclusively with a focus on planning for national development. This viewpoint too often neglects politics as the paramount force in the relocation of a nation's capital city.

1. Introduction to the Annual Report of the Secretary-General (Lie) on the Work of the Organization, July 7, 1949

1949 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 748-758
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Third World ◽  
Annual Report ◽  
Great Powers ◽  
Secretary General ◽  
World Peace ◽  
World War ◽  
The World ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Third World War

The year between 1 July 1948 and 30 June 1949 covered in this, my fourth annual report on the work of the United Nations, has been, on the whole, a year of progress towards a more peaceful world.It is true that the world has had its full share of crises and alarms. The rival claims in an ideological conflict have been pressed as though they were the only issue of our times, while the great Powers have continued their efforts to strengthen their relative positions before the situation is brought nearer to stability by the conclusion of peace treaties. Although overshadowed by the great Power differences, movements of national independence and social upheavals in many parts of the world have unavoidably contributed to international tensions. These conditions, which have persisted since the war ended, continue to cause widespread anxiety among the peoples of the world as to the prospects for world peace and the ability of the United Nations to prevent a third world war.

scholarly journals Promoting Good Governance

1999 ◽  
Vol 14 (0) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Gerald E. Caiden ◽  
Yoshikazu Kitaguchi
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
International Development ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Institutional Development ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
World Conference ◽  
The World ◽  
The United Nations

From May 31 to June 4,1999 over eight hundred participants from al1 levels of government and nongovernmental organisations attended the World Conference on Governance held in the Philippines. It had been organised by the Eastern Regional Organisation for Public Administration (EROPA), the Philippine Civil Service, and the National College of Public Administration and Governance at the University of the Philippines, in cooperation with numerous international and regional organisations, including the Asian Development Bank, the Canadian International Development Agency, the Economic Development Institute of the World Bank, the United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Its theme was From Government to Governance with emphasis on public finance, capacity building and partnerships. But its major concern was promoting good governance, a topic which has been attracting increasing international attention since the late 1980s and has become a key objective of many technical assistance programmes. The World Conference can be seen as a culmination of these efforts to focus on good governance in institutional development and to prepare an agenda for future action by taking account of current ideas and opinions of all those involved. What follows is a brief overview of some major issues that run through the notion of promoting good governance.

scholarly journals The World-Wide Inaccessible Web, Part 1: Browsing

2007 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon Baggaley ◽  
Batchuluun Batpurev
Keyword(s):  
International Development ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Formative Evaluation ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Survey Tool ◽  
The World ◽  
Geographical Distances ◽  
Programming Techniques

Two studies are reported, comparing the browser loading times of webpages created using common Web development techniques. The loading speeds were estimated in 12 Asian countries by members of the PANdora network, funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) to conduct collaborative research in the development of effective distance education (DE) practices. An online survey tool with stopwatch-type counter was used. Responses were obtained from Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Mongolia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. In most of the survey conditions, browser loading times were noted up to four times slower than commonly prescribed as acceptable. Failure of pages to load at all was frequent. The speediest loading times were observed when the online material was hosted locally, and was created either in the Docebo learning management system (LMS), or in the HTML option provided by the Moodle LMS. It is recommended that formative evaluation of this type should become standard practice in the selection and use of online programming techniques, in order to preserve the accessibility of the World-Wide-Web across large geographical distances, as for DE in the developing world.

scholarly journals Our Global Environment and the World Campaign for the Biosphere

1982 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Polunin
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
National Parks ◽  
Human Activities ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Life Support ◽  
Global Environment ◽  
Biosphere Reserves ◽  
The World ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Organizational Involvement

After a requested account of how, starting from his student days, he had come gradually to ‘care about our Only One Biosphere’ and think globally (even if commonly acting only locally), the Author presents his ‘thoughts on what might best be done to [foster a World Campaign for the Biosphere] and make it operationally effective’. This Campaign should be world-wide and have the objective of educating everybody everywhere to full realization of the following facts and their often imperatively grave implications: (1) The Biosphere constitutes a single integrated whole of which all parts are often intricately interdependent, (2) we humans form an integral part of the Biosphere but are becoming far too numerous and heavily dominant for its or our own good, (3) we are absolutely dependent on the health of the Biosphere for our own subsistence and more as it constitutes our sole life-support, (4) The Biosphere in part or even in toto is in several ways fragile, but (5) it is gravely threatened by various human activities and out-sized capabilities such as those of nuclear weaponry which are said to be sufficient to destroy our civilization several times over, and conceivably even the entire Biosphere.The second, longer part of the article is devoted to consideration of the following chosen ‘round dozen’ recommended activities through which it is thought the Campaign might best be advanced, at least in its early stages: (1) Publishing and broadcasting pertinent information and support by all appropriate means; (2) Using other vehicles of desirable publicity, including posters and stickers; (3) Instructive advertising and audienceattracting showmanship; (4) Books on the Biosphere and illustrated study manuals; (5) Specialist research and its vigorous application; (6) Need to control human numbers and behaviour; (7) National Parks, Biosphere Reserves, and Biological Gardens, etc.; (8) Pertinent conferences, meetings, and other ‘free’ deliberations; (9) Need to change human attitudes and priorities; (10) Need to establish due ethics and laws; (11) Institutional and organizational involvement towards survival; and (12) ‘Guardians of the Biosphere’ recognition and awards.The above 12 points largely follow those presaged in the Editorial in our preceding issue, since completion of which it has emerged that this Campaign should be socalled (without reference to any time-scale), and that it might best be furthered by two United Nations agencies, an intergovernmental one, and at least one nongovernmental one—all hopefully working in concert.

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