International Development Co-Operation

As one of the most pioneering development economists, Hans Singer has stimulated many of the ideas that have engaged the attention of the world community for several decades. Not only has he helped to form an understanding of the problems of developing countries, but he has also shown what might be done to solve them. This collection brings together for the first time key essays on the issues underlying food aid and the development of the UN. These are grouped into five areas: postwar development experience; reform of the United Nations; debt and debt servicing; structural adjustment and stabilization; and food aid.

Acknowledgements Preface Introduction: D. J. Shaw PART I: POSTWAR DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE Lessons of Postwar Development Experience: 1945-88 The 1990s: On To Fortune of Bound in Miseries PART II: REFORM OF THE UNITED NATIONS The Bretton Wood System: Historical Perspective Revitalizing the United Nations PART III: DEBT AND DEBT SERVICING The Debt Issue: An Historical Perspective Debt Pressures, Adjustment Policies and Deterioration of the Terms of Trade for Developing Countries Beyond the Debt Crisis PART IV: STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT AND STABILIZATION Are Structural Adjustment Programmes Successful? Alternative Approaches to Adjustment and Stabilization PART V: FOOD AID The Opportunity and the Challenge: H. W. Singer's Contribution to the International Debate on Food Aid; D. J. Shaw Index