The book, written by Sarbuland Khan,
a former senior official of the United Nations, is a paean to Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh and to his passionate love for and
lifetime service to humanity.
It gives
an overview of Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh’s contributions. working with the United
Nations over the decades in leadership roles, to foster development and improve
the lives of people around the world. It covers multi-stakeholder partnerships
launched under UN auspices and led by Dr. Abu Ghazaleh in several strategic areas
including information and communication technologies for developments,
environmental accounting, quality education, climate change, sustainable
urbanization, sustainable tourism and poverty eradication.
The book
demonstrates Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh’s unique ability to not only articulate a vision and
talk about challenges and opportunities but to make things happen and produce
results.
One of the
most consequential of Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh’s lifetime achievements recounted in the
book is his leadership of the United Nations ICT Task Force, the UN Global Alliance
for ICT and Development and the UN Global Compact which helped transform the
development landscape of developing countries by bringing the benefits of the
information revolution to the underprivileged people of the developing world.
In
illuminating his remarkable achievements, his passionate love of humanity and
his vision, the book demonstrates that Dr. Abu Ghazaleh is a world business
leader like no other.
This
publication should serve as excellent study material for students around the
world.