Volumes 21 - 30: Getting Institutions Right for Women in Development: Recent submissions

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    • Intellectual Property and International Trade 

      Curtis, John M. (Institute of Development Studies, 01/01/1990)
      summary Historically, there has always been a clash of interests between originators and users of patents and other intellectual property rights. This paper provides an overview of the economic issues behind the intellectual ...

    • Sectoral Issues and the Multilateral Framework for Trade in Services: An Overview 

      Gibbs, Murray; Hayashi, Michiko (Institute of Development Studies, 01/01/1990)
      summary Increased opportunity for developing countries to expand trade in services is one objective of attempts to liberalise trade in services. However, efforts in this direction are continually impeded by the specificity ...

    • The Impact of Europe 1992 on the South 

      Stevens, Christopher (Institute of Development Studies, 01/01/1990)
      summary The task for countries of the South of preparing for 1992 is made difficult by the fact that ‘1992’ does not yet constitute an identified set of actions. Furthermore they stand to be most affected indirectly by ...

    • III. Future Trade Flows and the Need for Openness South?South Trade: Developments in the 1980s and Policies for the 1990s 

      Hulugalle, L. (Institute of Development Studies, 01/01/1990)
      summary The rapid increase in the value of trade among developing countries in the 1970s was followed by a sharp deceleration of this flow of trade in the 1980s as a result of the economic difficulties faced by many ...

    • IV. REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES UNCTAD's Agenda for the 1990s: The issues for Africa 

      Ashiabor, Alex (Institute of Development Studies, 01/01/1990)
      summary The relevance of UNCTAD to African countries in the 1990s will depend critically on the organisation's global achievements and, more especially, on the concrete benefits which are secured for the region as a whole. ...

    • Is the Brady Plan an Effective Approach to Dept Management? 

      Jones, Stephany Griffith (Institute of Development Studies, 01/01/1990)
      summary This article briefly describes the Brady Plan, as well as the background to its emergence. It then evaluates the role which regulatory and fiscal managements have in influencing debt reduction, and proposes that ...

    • UNCTAD in Asia: Issues in the 1990s 

      Panchamukhi, V. R. (Institute of Development Studies, 01/01/1990)
      summary In the 1990s trade negotiations are highly fragmented and a tendency to unilateralism has become apparent, while new vistas of exploitation of the South by the North are opened up with the emergence of new ...

    • International Trade from the 1980s to the 1990s: The Latin American Perspective 

      Bifani, Paolo (Institute of Development Studies, 01/01/1990)
      summary Latin American regional issues illustrate some of the divergent trends winch have been at work over the lost development decade of the 1980s. This article argues that there has been an increasing marginalisation ...

    • Editorial 

      Faber, Mike; Griffith-Jones, Stephany (Institute of Development Studies, 01/04/1990)

    • The Debt Crisis at the Turn of the Decade 

      Williamson, John (Institute of Development Studies, 01/04/1990)
      SUMMARY John Williamson's paper examines the Brady Plan and its implementation, in the context of debt management since the early 1980's. It makes several proposals to improve the effectiveness of the Brady Plan, so that ...

    • Development vs Debt: Past and Future 

      Portes, Richard (Institute of Development Studies, 01/04/1990)
      SUMMARY Richard Portes' article examines the lessons which the debt crises of the 1930's have for the 1980's. The article also examines a recent event — changes in Eastern Europe — and analyses the possible likely effects ...

    • The Menu Approach 

      Devlin, Robert (Institute of Development Studies, 01/04/1990)
      SUMMARY Robert Devlin's article looks in some detail at the stage before the Brady Plan was implemented, (the market menu approach), in which the concept of debt reduction was informally gradually ushered in. Amongst ...

    • The Shaping of the Brady Proposals 

      Faber, Mike (Institute of Development Studies, 01/04/1990)
      SUMMARY Mike Faber's article examines the reasons for the timing of the Brady proposals. It then looks at both the similarities and differences between the Brady strategy and the previous phases of debt management, ...

    • 1. The Renegotiation of Mexico's External Debt 

      Armella, Pedro Aspe (Institute of Development Studies, 01/04/1990)
      SUMMARY Pedro Aspe's article examines in detail the recent Mexican deal under Brady. It stresses the net savings in interest payments achieved as well as the reduction of the total debt. The article also examines projected ...

    • 2. Brady and the Philippines: What Progress? 

      Green, Reginald Herbold (Institute of Development Studies, 01/04/1990)
      SUMMARY Reginald Green's paper examines the Philippines deal in the context of the Brady Plan, emphasising that debt reduction in the Philippines package — though positive in itself — needs to be assessed against the ...

    • 3. The Costa Rican Debt Deal: Is Small Beautiful? 

      Griffith-Jones, Stephany (Institute of Development Studies, 01/04/1990)
      SUMMARY Stephany Griffith?Jones' paper examines the Costa Rican deal, reached in the context of the Brady Plan; this package has substantive debt and debt service reduction elements, with no ‘new money’ from the private ...

    • The New Roles and Facilities of the IMF 

      Russell, Robert (Institute of Development Studies, 01/04/1990)
      SUMMARY Robert Russell's article examines the International Monetary Fund's role in the debt management strategy. It further describes the broad functions performed by the IMF, particularly in relation to developing ...

    • The Paris Club and African Debt 

      Mountfield, Peter (Institute of Development Studies, 01/04/1990)
      SUMMARY Peter Mountfield's article provides an insider's historical account of how working procedures evolved in the Paris Club. It also describes the main features of a Paris Club agreement, as well as the proceedings ...

    • The New Roles and Facilities of the World Bank 

      Toft, Anthony (Institute of Development Studies, 01/04/1990)
      SUMMARY Anthony Toft's article explains the participation of the World Bank in debt management, and puts it in the context of the World Bank's broader role to encourage structural adjustment in developing countries. ...

    • A. The Debt Problem at the Crossroads 

      Rhodes, William (Institute of Development Studies, 01/04/1990)
      SUMMARY William Rhodes' article gives a positive evaluation of the Brady proposals; it puts forward the Mexican package as an example of the gains to be made by the implementation of the Brady Plan. RESUME Le point ...