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UNESCO. Division of Development Studies
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- UNESCO. Division des études sur le développement
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- SHS/SDV
- SHS/DEP
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1989-02-01 - 1993-03-24
History
In the context of larger organizational change, the creation of a Division for the Study of Development was announced in 1975 in order to ensure that UNESCO would be in the position to assume responsibility for the kind of reflection on the international system demanded by the New International Economic Order movement (UNESCO, DG/Note/75/36). The Division was to undertake activities dedicated to developing a global interpretation of development. The Division was also to study the socio-cultural conditions that favour endogenous development and to continue past activities of sociological analysis of certain problems of social adaptation connected to rapid change in contemporary society. It inherited some of these duties from the former Division of Applied Social Sciences as well as the former Division for Social Science Methods and Analysis.
The Secretariat was reorganized in 1985 and the Division for the Study of Development was merged with other social science divisions to form the Division of Study and Planning of Development (DEV/EPD) in the newly created Bureau of Studies, Action and Coordination for Development. The new Division also inherited activities from the former Cooperation for Development and External Relations Sector for the maintenance of country profiles or data bases.
In 1989, the Bureau of Studies, Action and Coordination for Development was dissolved and the Division of Study and Planning of Development was transferred back to the Social and Human Sciences Sector (SHS), and renamed the Division of Development Studies (SHS/SDV). The work of the Division at this time was focused on: collaboration between intergovernmental organizations on projects such as: the effects of AIDS on development strategies; the link between the environment and development; the participation of young people in national development; development-related prospective studies; and, the impact of technological change and population movements on social and cultural development processes.
The Division was later merged in 1993 with other SHS units to form the Division of Population, Human Settlements and Development Studies (SHS/PHD). This grouping was to integrate work on equitable and human-centered development and was charged with studying the interaction between environment, population and development. In 1994, the Social and Human Sciences Sector was reorganized and some activities of SHS/PHD were inherited by a new Division of Social Science, Research and Policy (SHS/SRP).
The Division of Development Studies and its predecessors had the following heads: Nicolas Bodart, 1976-1985; Cao Tri Huynh, 1985-1988; Erwin S. Solomon, 1988-1989; Abdellatif Benachenhou, 1990-1992; and, Wolfgang Tochtermann, 1993-1994.
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Entered by AWT after review by Chief Archivist, 3-12-2015.
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-UNESCO. (1994). The Social and Human Sciences Sector. 22 April 1994. DG/Note/94/20. UNESCO Archives, AG 6 Secretariat Documents.
-UNESCO. (1993). Division de la population, des habitats humains et des études sur le développement (Secteur des sciences sociales et humaines). 25 mars 1993. DG/Note/93/6. Archives de l’UNESCO, AG 8 Documents du Secrétariat.
-UNESCO. (5 juin 1991). Directeur de la Division des études sur le développement (Secteur des sciences humaines et sociales). DG/Note/91/5. Disponible en ligne dans UNESDOC, accédé le 16-10-2015 : http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002190/219002fo.pdf
-UNESCO. (31 August 1990). Structure of the Secretariat and staffing table for 1990-1991. DG/Note/90/30. Available online in UNESDOC, accessed 16-10-2015: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002189/218996eo.pdf
-UNESCO. (13 janvier 1989). Coordination de l'action opérationnelle. DG/Note/89/3. Disponible en ligne dans UNESDOC, accédé le 26-8-2015: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002189/218906fo.pdf
-UNESCO. (22 février 1988). Secteur des Sciences sociales et humaines. DG/Note/88/6. Disponible en ligne dans UNESDOC, accédé le 14-10-2015 : http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002188/218864fo.pdf
-UNESCO. (27 juillet 1985). Restructuration du Secrétariat. DG/Note/85/18. Archives de l'UNESCO, AG 6 Documents du Secrétariat.
-UNESCO. (1 novembre 1975.) Restructuration du Secrétariat. DG/Note/75/36. Archives de l’UNESCO, AG 6 Documents du Secrétariat.
-UNESCO. General Conference, 26th Session. (1992). Approved Programme and Budget for 1992-1993http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0009/000903/090390eo.pdf
-UNESCO. General Conference, 19th Session. (1976). Draft Programme and Budget for 1977-1978; Revised budget estimates for 1977-1978 proposed by the Director-General. 19 C/5. Available online in UNESDOC, accessed 14-10-2015: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0002/000223/022302eb.pdf