Abstract
The United Nations has had an economic role to play from its inception although this was not seen as its primary responsibility. Through the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, as well as various specialized agencies such as the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) or the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) the United Nations has undertaken to assist economies in trouble (through the IMF), to channel development funds including special concessionary funds (through the World Bank and its soft arm, the International Development Association or IDA) and technical assistance (through the UNDP), or to provide relief assistance through such agencies as the FAO (and its subsidiary the World Food Programme or WFP) and the UNHCR.
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Arnold, G. (1997). Combating World Poverty. In: World Government by Stealth. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230376021_10
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