Oral history interview with Jan Pronk, 2000
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- Name
- Pronk, J. P. (Johannes Pieter), 1940- (Interviewee)
- Weiss, Thomas G. (Thomas George), 1946- (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Jan Pronk, 2000
- Abstract
- Born: 1940 Hague, Netherlands. Member of the Netherlands Youth Delegation to the Netherlands Youth Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Uppsala; Education: Economics University of Rotterdam University; PhD Economics University of Rotterdam. Career: Development economics research at University of Rotterdam, Spokesperson on development policy and issues in the Netherlands, Parliament Member f or the Netherlands Labor Party, Minister of Development Cooperation and Housing, Deputy Secretary United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Co-Author of World of Difference and A World of Dispute, and Special Representative to Secretary General Darfur. Themes: World War II; Economist and former teacher Jan Tinburgen; Jan Tinburgen's research on optimal economic development in third world; interest in links between macroeconomics, politics, and peace; member of Dutch Reformed Protestant Church; The Netherland's role in humanitarian, gender, and development policy; Impact of European integration, Cold War, and decolonization on The Netherland's foreign policy; Indonesian independence; quantitative targets and development policy; Marshall Plan; Impact of Cold War on East-West relations, third world, and international development; UNCTAD experience; international civil service; adjustment programs; humanitarianism; UN global conferences; UN reform; and importance of non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
- Collection Name
- United Nations intellectual history project (UNIHP)
- Subjects
- Economic development; Cold War; Humanitarian assistance, Dutch; Developing countries Economic conditions; Netherlands Foreign relations 1948-; Netherlands Politics and government 1945-; Indonesia Foreign relations Netherlands; Netherlands Foreign relations Indonesia; Pronk, J. P. (Johannes Pieter), 1940-; United Nations Officials and employees; United Nations Conference on Trade and Development; United Nations History
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 2000
- Note (Biographical)
- Netherlands Minister of Development Cooperation and Housing and Minister of the Environment, Netherlands Parliamentary Member, Deputy Secretary United Nations Conference on Trade And Development, and Special Representative to Secretary General of Darf ur
- Note
- Interviewed by Thomas G. Weiss on February 7, 2000
- 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
- 13684909
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-n498-dk74
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.