Examines the economic and social consequences of the decline in international prices for coffee, cocoa, and cotton. Covers the period 1980 to 1992.

ILO pub-WEP pub-PREALC pub. Working paper on basic needs development planning in Latin America - outlines economic policy approaches, incl. The institutional framework, and public expenditure; examines the availability of social services for low income groups; calls for popular participation and...

ILO pub-WEP pub-PREALC pub. Working paper on development policy, basic needs and poverty in Ecuador - discusses economic policy, and access to public expenditure; argues that income redistribution does not necessarily result from rural area infrastructure, health service, housing and educational...

Analyses trends for the period 1963-1989.

Covers the period from 1966 to 1989.