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Abstract
Raul Prebisch, Secretary-General of UNCTAD, signing the Final Act establishing UNCTAD in Palais des Nations, Geneva 16 June 1964 (top). A general view of the opening of UNCTAD V in Manila, May 1979 (below).
Growing debt and plummeting export earnings have placed many third world countries in a desperate situation.
Frederick Clairmonte looks at the background to this crisis with a critical emphasis on the role played by UNCTAD under the leadership of its first Secretary-General Raul Prebisch.
RMR welcomes contributions to the debate opened by Dr Clairmonte.