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This reissue, initially published in 1977, is an introduction to
contemporary trading positions and problems of developing
countries. The authors examine the main export options of Third
World countries and consider the roles of the key international
organisations -- GATT, UNCTAD, etc -- and those of national
governments and foreign investors. The authors complete their
review with an examination of the way in which numbers of
developing countries have tried to diversify their trade relations,
particularly by creating Third World trading groups. Contemporary
economic difficulties and their impact upon the Third World is also
discussed, with the authors displaying a guarded optimism about
real changes in world economic relations, citing factors such as
the spread of trade among developing countries and the increase
processing of raw materials as potential for the wider
participation of developing countries in international trade.
First published in 1975, in conjunction with the Overseas
Development Institute, this study examines the case for and against
aid for developing nations, taking the specific example of British
aid to Malawi's economic development since independence in 1964.
Kathryn Morton suggests that without Britain's aid, Malawi's
capacity to develop would have been severely undermined and that
aid has not generally inhibited Malawi's efforts to help itself.
The rapid growth of both agricultural and industrial output
alongside foreign exchange earnings and avoidance of large-scale
urban unemployment and balance of payment problems do not bear out
the critics' gloomy predictions. This book does much to counter the
critics' case against aid and raises a number of vital questions in
determining the future shape of aid policies for both Britain and
other developed countries.
This reissue, initially published in 1977, is an introduction to
contemporary trading positions and problems of developing
countries. The authors examine the main export options of Third
World countries and consider the roles of the key international
organisations - GATT, UNCTAD, etc - and those of national
governments and foreign investors. The authors complete their
review with an examination of the way in which numbers of
developing countries have tried to diversify their trade relations,
particularly by creating Third World trading groups. Contemporary
economic difficulties and their impact upon the Third World is also
discussed, with the authors displaying a guarded optimism about
real changes in world economic relations, citing factors such as
the spread of trade among developing countries and the increase
processing of raw materials as potential for the wider
participation of developing countries in international trade.
First published in 1975, in conjunction with the Overseas
Development Institute, this study examines the case for and against
aid for developing nations, taking the specific example of British
aid to Malawi's economic development since independence in 1964.
Kathryn Morton suggests that without Britain's aid, Malawi's
capacity to develop would have been severely undermined and that
aid has not generally inhibited Malawi's efforts to help itself.
The rapid growth of both agricultural and industrial output
alongside foreign exchange earnings and avoidance of large-scale
urban unemployment and balance of payment problems do not bear out
the critics' gloomy predictions. This book does much to counter the
critics' case against aid and raises a number of vital questions in
determining the future shape of aid policies for both Britain and
other developed countries.
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