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An Introductory Essay

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

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The essays in this volume are designed to throw light on the relations between two of the major novel and unique features of the current epoch of human history, features which distinguish the last quarter century from any other episode in the long record of man's efforts to deal with the problems of his society.

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Copyright © The IO Foundation 1968

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1 As mentioned in their respective order, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the Latin American Free Trade Association (LAFTA), the Inter-American Committee on the Alliance for Progress (CIAP), the International Labor Organization (ILO), and the Organization of American States (OAS).

2 For an illuminating brief survey of this trend see Ohlin, Goran, Foreign Aid Policies Reconsidered (Paris: Development Center of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, 1966)Google Scholar, Chapter II.

3 See the report by Thorp, Willard L., Development Assistance Efforts and Policies of the Members of the Development Assistance Committee: 1966 Review (Paris: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, 1966)Google Scholar, Statistical Annex, Table 4, p. 150, and Table 11, pp. 162–163.

4 SeeThe Flow of Financial Resources to Less-Developed Countries, 1956–1963 (Paris: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, 1964)Google Scholar, Table II–I, p. 18; and Thorp, Development Assistance Efforts and Policies.

5 Foreign Aid Policies Reconsidered, Chapter IV, pp. 81–83.