The Challenges Of South-south Cooperation

✍ Scribed by Breda Pavlic, Raul R Uranga, Boris Cizelj, Marjan Svetlicic

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 466
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The process of economi c coopera t i on among devel oping countrie s ha s come a l ong way s i nce the ea rl y 1960s . A l ong s i de the movement f rom the e s tab l i s hment of reg i onal and subreg i on a l i n tegration and cooperati on g rou p i ngs to the e l aborati on of concepts and a pproaches for g l obal and i nterreg i onal coopera t i on ( such a s , for exampl e , the scheme for a gl oba l sys tem of trade preferences a mong deve l o p ing countries ) , there has b een a n exten s ion of the scope of coopera t i on , ori g ina l l y focused on trade , to other a rea s , i ncl u d ing moneta ry a n d f i nan c i a l ma tters , produ c t ion , ma rketing , and s o on . Today , the proce s s of economic cooperation among deve l o p ing countri es occu p i e s an i mportan t pl ace i n the economi c s t rategies a n d pol ic ies of devel o p i n g countrie s and , in recent years , wit h the marked deteri o ration in the wo rl d economi c s i tu a t io n and the wea ken i ng of i n ternat i onal cooperati on for deve l opmen t , it has acqu ired even grea ter importa nce and u rgency . I n deed , i n v iew of the pro s pects for the worl d economy for th e comi n g yea rs , i t h a s b ecome an i mpera t i ve i f the devel oping cou n t ries a re going to b e abl e to env i sage the transformation of their economies and the g rowth ra tes th ey need .

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Forevvord
Aknowledgments
Introduction
PART 1 INTERNAL ASPECTS
1 Factors of Interregional and Regional Co-opera t ion
2 Organizational Infrastructure for Self-Reliance
3 The Non -Aligned Movement
4 Regional Co-operation Among Developing Countries
Internal Aspects: Sectoral Approach
5 Trade Among Developing Countries
6 Co -operat ive Monetary Action
7 Monetary and Payments Agreements Among Developing Countries
8 The Role of Developing Countrie s' Multinat ional Companies
9 Multinational Companies of Developing Countries
10 Multinational Joint Venture Companies of Developing Countries as Instruments of Economic Integration for Development
11 Strategy and Potentials for Establishing Multinational Enterprises of Developing Countries
12 ECDC/TCDC in the Field of Agriculture
13 Southeast Asian Experience in Industrial Joint Ventures
14 Sectoral Industrial Planning in the Andean Group
15 ECDC/TCDC and Communication Development
16 Information and Communication
Part 2 External Aspects
17 North-South and South-South: The North and ECDC
18 The Role of Transnational Corporations
19 Transnational Corporations and Technical Co-operation Among Developing Countries
20 ECDC/TCDC: The Role of Telematics
21 Technology Transfer Between Developing Countries and Eastern Europe: Mechanisms, Obstacles and Prospects
22 ECDC/TCDC Support Activities by International Organizations and Developed Countries
Part 3 Conclusions and Recommendations
Conclusions and Recommendations
Background Papers
1 The Caracas Programme on Finance: Substance and Implementation
2 On the Concept of Self-Reliance
3 OPEC Surpluses and Developing Countries' Collective Self-Reliance