There has been an impressive proliferation of non-governmental organizations in development cooperation in the last two decades. The main reason for this has been the belief - among both experts and the public at large - that NGOs have a number of advantages over the state sector when it comes...

The United Nations Committee for Development Planning (CDP) in its annual report has attempted to formulate a development strategy for the 1990s. We have asked Udo E. Simonis, a member of the CDP, to summarize the main findings and recommendations of that report.

The increasing differentiation among developing countries, revealed by many indicators, also suggests that they have need of differing trade and development strategies. The following article reviews the across-the-board advice offered by agencies including the World Bank to “the” developing...