This paper compares Japan and the US as they provide different types of capital to the developing world, focusing especially on foreign aid and, to some extent, also on remittances and the role of NGOs. The main focus is on the quality of aid and on past conceptual differences and on an emerging...

This book addresses questions of international trade policy and the relationship between growth, distribution, and human resource development in the Latin American region.Abstract: Este libro presenta un análisis de cuestiones sobre comercio internacional y la relación entre crecimiento,...

This book addresses questions of international trade policy and the relationship between growth, distribution, and human resource development in the Latin American region.Abstract: Este libro presenta un análisis de cuestiones sobre comercio internacional y la relación entre crecimiento,...

This study analyzes the debt-relief initiative which as introduced by the IMF and the World Bank, with the support of the developed contries, for Highly-Indebted Poor Countries (HIPCs).

Human development is defined as the improvement of the human condition so that people live longer, healthier and fuller lives. In the development of the concept of HD under the leadership of Mahbub ul Haq, some aspects of HD were related to people's physical well-being, such as health, nutrition...

This paper accepts the premise that positive sum games exist in all dimensions of North-South economic contacts but that the management of conflicts concerning the distribution of the gains requires careful attention. It then proceeds to analyse the current state of play and the character of...

This paper explores thelinks between economic growth and human development, identifying two chains, one from economic growth to human development, the other, from human development to economic growth. The importance of various links in each chain are explored empirically with the help of...

This paper raises the question whether the current wave of macro-economic and structural reforms in Latin America should be viewed as a decisive change in the Continent's long-term development strategy or as part of but another stop-go cycle for which the Continent has been known in the past.