| dc.creator | Ghai, Dharam P. | |
| dc.date | 2011-03-30T14:34:50Z | |
| dc.date | 2011-03-30T14:34:50Z | |
| dc.date | 1971 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-11-10T12:54:23Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-11-10T12:54:23Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 10-11-12 | |
| dc.identifier | Ghai, Dharam P. (1971) Africa, the third world and the strategy for international development. Discussion Paper 120, Nairobi: Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.identifier | http://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/123456789/475 | |
| dc.identifier | 318293 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/handle/123456789/1836 | |
| dc.description | The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the present strategy
for international development as presented in various international documents
such as the Pearson Commission Report and the UN Report on the Second
Development Decade, from the perspective of African countries. The basic
thesis of the paper is that the existing strategy on international development, with its targets and policies in the fields of trade and aid, is biased
in favour of the relatively advanced developing countries and unless special
measures are taken, would have the effect of deepening inequalities among
the countries of the Third World.
The paper proceeds by considering the rationale for special
measures in favour of the least developed countries, most of which are to
b found in Africa. It then analyzes the economic stratification developing
within the Third World. The main elements of the international strategy for
development are outlined; international commodities schemes, generalised
system of preferences, and export credits in the field of trade; and development
assistance targets, role of multilateral institutions, criteria for
aid-givin, and growing emphasis on programme aid in the field of aid. It
is then shown that unless special provisions are made, the effect of the
implementation of these recommendations will be to favour the more advanced
of the developing countries, often at the expense of the least developed
countries. The reasons for the failure to devise and implement special
measures in favour of the least developed countries are analyzed. The
paper concludes by making a number of recommendations designed to ensure
that the interests of the most disadvantaged part of the Third World are
effectively incorporated in the measures taken for global development. | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.relation | Discussion papers;120 | |
| dc.rights | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ | |
| dc.rights | Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.subject | Economic Development | |
| dc.subject | Politics and Power | |
| dc.subject | Aid | |
| dc.title | Africa, the third world and the strategy for international development | |
| dc.type | Series paper (non-IDS) | |
