Cooperation for international development : the United States and the Third World in the 1990s

The authors conclude that a revitalized - and refocused - development program should concentrate on the goals of broad-based economic growth, the alleviation of poverty, and a halt to environmental degradation, all of which would require dramatic changes in U.S. economic, trade, and foreign aid policies. Contents Tables and Figures Preface ONE Introduction and Overview PART ONE The Global Context TWO The Impact of Changes in the World Economy on Developing Countries THREE Development and Global Environmental Change FOUR Social, Economic, and Political Trends in the Developing World FIVE Financing Development in the 1990s SIX Accelerating Development in the Poorest Countries PART TWO U.S. Interests and Capacities SEVEN U.S. Foreign Policy Interests in the Third World in the Years Ahead EIGHT Opportunities for U. S. Leadership in a New Development Partnership NINE Shaping a U.S. Approach to the 1990s: "Reading Reality Right" TEN Development Cooperation: Creating a Public Commitment PART THREE Implementing U.S. Development Cooperation Activities ELEVEN U.S. Coordination of Economic and Development Cooperation Policies TWELVE USAID: Organizational and Institutional Issues and Effectiveness THIRTEEN U.S. Delivery Systems for International Cooperation and Development to the Year 2000 FOURTEEN Beyond Aid: Alternative Modes of Cooperation PART FOUR Appendixes APPENDIX ONE Summary of the Recommendations of the Report of the Project on Cooperation for International Development APPENDIX TWO Meetings, Papers, and Presentations of the Project on Cooperation for International Development, 1987-1988 The Contributors Index