An international redistribution of wealth and power : a study of the Charter of economic rights and duties of States /

Monographic analysis of the UNCTAD charter of economic rights and duties of states of December 1974, part of the new international economic order establishing programmes and reforms for developing countries - discusses implications for international economic relations with specific reference to the...

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Main Author: Meagher, Robert F.
Corporate Authors: ScienceDirect (Online service), United Nations. General Assembly
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York : Pergamon Press, ©1979.
Series:Pergamon policy studies ; no. 21.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; An International Redistribution of Wealth and Power: A Study of the Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Glossary; Chapter 1. 1974-The Year of The Third World; THE OIL CRISIS, 1973; THE SIXTH SPECIAL SESSION; THE TWENTY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY; Chapter 2. The Background to The New International Economic Order; WORLD WAR I
  • WORLD WAR II (1916-1940); WORLD WAR II TRANSITION PERIOD (1941-50); DECOLONIZATION AND THE SEARCH FOR ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE (1951-73).
  • Chapter 3. An Overview of the Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of StatesBACKGROUND; THE CHARTER; Chapter 4. The Stalemate; MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS IN NORTH/SOUTH NEGOTIATIONS; OTHER NEGOTIATIONS; CONCLUSIONS; Chapter 5. Reforms- Not Restructuring; CREATION OF THE IMF COMPENSATORY FINANCE FACILITY; LOMÉ CONVENTION (24); KISSINGER'S DEVELOPMENT SECURITY FACILITY; MODIFICATION OF THE 1966 COMPENSATORY FINANCE FACILITY; ESTABLISHMENT OF A TRUST FUND; IMPLEMENTATION OF MODIFICATIONS TO THE IMF'S COMPENSATORY FINANCE FACILITY; STABEX AND THE FUND'S FACILITY COMPARED.
  • CREATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT (IFAD): 1974-1976CONCLUSIONS; Chapter 6. Foreign Private Investment; THE CURRENT FLOW OF DIRECT FOREIGN INVESTMENT TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; PERMANENT SOVEREIGNTY OVER NATURAL RESOURCES; REGULATION OF THE TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATION; CONCLUSIONS ON PRIVATE FOREIGN INVESTMENT; Chapter 7. Concepts of International Equity in Transition; Appendix: A; The Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States; Appendix: B; Explanation of Terms Used with Reference to Developing Countries; Notes and References; Selected Bibliography; Index.