Oral history interview with Louis Emmerij, 2005
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- Name
- Emmerij, Louis (Interviewee)
- Weiss, Thomas G. (Thomas George), 1946- (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Louis Emmerij, 2005
- Abstract
- Childhood in Netherlands, born 1934, middle-class upbringing, memories of WWII, education in economics in Paris, Italy, and New York; early exposure to UN. 1960s: PhD, marriage, daughter, economics of education, work with OECD in Mediterranean and Argentina. 1970s: work with WEP and ILO, overseeing labor and economic development in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Ideas for UN structure, employment , and future; tripartite structure of ILO. Economic theory: redistribution from growth, Kenya mission, basic needs, Maslow's hierarchy and New International Economic Order. Teaching and research at ISS, work with Iglesias at Inter-American Development Bank, intellectual framework of UN institutions. Reflections on changes in development policy; importance of human rights and human security
- Collection Name
- United Nations intellectual history project (UNIHP)
- Subjects
- Economic development; Economic policy; Human rights; Emmerij, Louis; United Nations Officials and employees; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; World Employment Programme; International Labour Organisation; Institute of Social Studies (Netherlands); Centro de Conferencias Enrique V. Iglesias
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 2005
- Note (Biographical)
- International Politics; Assistant Secretary General and special advisor to Secretary General Kofi Annan; Professor
- Note
- Interviewed by Thomas G. Weiss on September 27, 2005
- Note (Provenance)
- Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, Gift, 2009
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 13683833
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-kr1j-c325
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.