A synthetic and critical review of the UN's economic and social development ideas, concepts and actions, based on the research, analyses, and oral history interviews during the first five years of the UN Intellectual History Project. This third overarching volume by three of the project's directors will provide a synthetic overview of other studies but also seek to draw conclusions for policy and action, seeking to make a substantial contribution to the study of international organization, development theory and intellectual history. It will provide an overview of:

• The ideas, concepts, and actions growing from the UN about economic and social development, the world economy and interdependence.
• The distinctive UN contributions to the analytical literature on national and international development strategy, including poverty reduction, employment creation, income distribution, trade and development, capital requirements and to thinking on alternative national and international development strategies, including human development.
• How ideas have influenced discourse (within disciplines and politically), provided road maps for decision-makers, made new coalitions possible and become embedded in local, national, and international institutions.
  
  
  
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