The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) has, from the point of view of the big powers, become an important factor in the balance of power struggle. Political as well as economic reasons seem to suggest closer relations with the People’s Republic of China.

The attitude towards development aid of the socialist countries of Eastern Europe, who recently made themselves conspicuous once more by their absence from the Cancún summit, has come under increasing attack from the Third World. Our author takes a critical look at the socialist countries’...

At UNCTAD V not only the Western industrialised countries but also the socialist states were heavily criticised for not appropriating sufficient funds for development aid. The following article presents a survey of volume, conditions, and regional distribution of the CMEA countries’ and the PR...