UNCTAD, Collective Self-reliance, Technical Assistance and the International Financial System

Reforming the international financial system

Capital Flows and the International Financial System

It has become easier, with the passage of time, to forget what an extraordinary event the Asian financial crisis was. Before the crisis, the countries of east Asia had grown faster, for longer, than any other countries in recorded history. They had transformed their economies and the standard of living of their people in the course of a single generation. In 1960, some of the east Asian countri...

Self-reliance and Poverty

In the current political and social climate, with its call for self-reliance as the means by which families and individuals should support themselves, the official U.S. poverty indicator may be measuring the size of a population that is of less interest to policymakers than in past years. We present here an alternative measure of poverty for the United States population that is based on a famil...

Challenges facing UNCTAD in the International Trade Trends: Before and After the Cold War

The article depicts the situation before Cold War in which developing countries (DCs) and least Developed countries (LDCs) found themselves big loser, as they were deprived from participation in trade negotiation process, leading into establishment of GATT . Therefore, they resorted to UNCTAD  as the sole defender of their interests against Developed Countries in trade negotiations. UNCTAD has ...

Technical Assistance System for AAC and access to Information Technology

This paper describes the technical assistance system called AUTONOMY which provides AAC, environmental control, safety and security functionality, access to tele-communication and access to internet services for severely motor and multiple disabled persons. Concept and implementation are outlined and a report about experiences from real life usage is given. In the areas of therapy, training, ed...