The Global Economy and the Third World: Coalition or Cleavage?

1977 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 584-609 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas C. Smyth
Keyword(s):  
Regional Differences ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Third World ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Special Session ◽  
Monetary Reform ◽  
Economic Issues ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Third World ◽  
Economic Growth Rates

Positions taken by delegations in the U.N. General Assembly during debates of the Sixth and Seventh Special Sessions are analyzed to determine clustering on economic issues and their sources. Third-World states took positions consistently distinct from those of Eastern and Western countries, and economic attributes appear to explain this. Differences within the Third World were not consistent, however, and were more apparent in the Seventh Special Session. Divisions found between Third-World states on issues such as resource allocations and monetary reform included: states with slow versus fast economic growth rates; states dependent on Western versus Eastern aid; and regional differences. Neither OPEC nor a “fourth world” appeared distinct from the Third World as a whole. Coalitions, varying by issue, appeared to overlap to build the Third-World “bloc.”

scholarly journals Changing Dynamics of Governance after Pandemic Situation in Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Vol V (II) ◽  
pp. 87-95
Author(s):  
Fehmida Aslam ◽  
Bisharat Ali Lanjwani ◽  
Anwar ul Mustafa Shah
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Third World ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Legal Issues ◽  
Global Village ◽  
Economic Issues ◽  
The Third ◽  
Technological Adoption ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
The Third World

The existing study aims to highlight the challenges and opportunities of e-government globally, especially in the third world nations, during this covid-19 situation. The miracle of globalization empowered the next generation with the adaptation of the scientific age to interconnect the whole world as a global village via online means. The current study presents the debate concerning the opportunities and challenges of e-government in developing countries like Pakistan and the situation of e-governance during and after covids-19. The major predicament relating to third world countries are associated with social, political and economic issues. Furthermore, this study also provides appropriate strategies to prevail over the obstacles, in order to meet these challenges which are to be faced any how to adopt eproject and make it successful. Thus it can be expected, that prevailing review will assist to understand the key difficulties related to technological adoption which belong to political, social, economic, infrastructural, and users' perspectives and legal issues in Pakistan. In this study, the challenges of e-governance and covid-19 have been focused with the technological usages and their positive implementation and development of e-projects.

Foreign Debt and Prospects for Growth in Africa During the 1980s

1985 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adebayo Adedeji
Keyword(s):  
International Economic ◽  
World War Ii ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Third World ◽  
Foreign Debt ◽  
International Economic Order ◽  
World War ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Rich ◽  
The Third World

One of the major objectives sought by the New International Economic Order is to secure favourable conditions for the transfer of resources to the Third World, and to ensure that they are fully utilised for the development of the countries concerned.1 However, the unprecedented growth of the global economy since World War II has not been equitably distributed between the rich and poor nations. Unfortunately, within this international scenario, the increasing external indebtedness of the latter has had, and still has, wide-ranging domestic implications that have rocked the foundations on which many African economies stand.

The Third World in the Global Economy

1993 ◽  
pp. 286-322
Author(s):  
Paul Cammack ◽  
David Pool ◽  
William Tordoff
Keyword(s):  
Global Economy ◽  
Third World ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Third World

Chinese policy toward the Third World and the superpowers in the UN General Assembly 1971–1977: a voting analysis

1979 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 391-403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trong R. Chai
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Third World ◽  
The United States ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
Chinese Policy ◽  
Un General Assembly ◽  
The Third World

An analysis of 344 selected votes in the four major issue areas in the UN General Assembly from 1971 to 1977 examines the question whether China has fulfilled its promise to support the Third World and oppose the superpowers. The findings are: 1) China was much more favorable to the Third World than to the West in this period and more supportive of the developing nations than of the Communist bloc on all except colonial issues; 2) China voted with the Third World more often than with the Communist nations, even when colonial issues were included; 3) China was least friendly to the United States on the majority of issues and in all years; and 4) the Soviet Union was the most anti-China nation in the Communist world, and of the four permanent members of the Security Council, Soviet voting agreement with China was the third lowest on political and security issues in the overall period and was often the lowest on arms control and disarmament. Thus at least within the context of UN voting, China has succeeded in developing its pro-Third World and anti-superpower position, particularly on economic and security issues.

The Third World vs.“Superpower”

Worldview ◽  
1975 ◽  
Vol 18 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 15-18
Author(s):  
O. Edmund Clubb
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Third World ◽  
The United States ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Postwar Period ◽  
The Third ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Willy Brandt ◽  
The Third World ◽  
The Relationship

Speaking before the U.N. General Assembly in September, 1973, Chancellor Willy Brandt said: “Where hunger prevails, there can be no peace in the long run. Where bitter poverty prevails, there can be no justice.” He called upon the Assembly members to adopt a position on the moral aspects of international coexistence. And he said something else, that there is a limit to the expansion of power—“a limit where power becomes transformed into impotence.”His words had direct relevance to the relationship between the United States and the Third World. In the postwar period, in pursuit of its power aims, the United States concerned itself with ex-colonial countries primarily with the view of “saving” them, as political entities, from a dreaded “Communist conquest.”

scholarly journals Le Fonds monétaire international, la réforme monétaire et le Tiers-Monde

2009 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-45
Author(s):  
Duncan Cameron
Keyword(s):  
Board Of Directors ◽  
Third World ◽  
International Community ◽  
Monetary Reform ◽  
Bretton Woods ◽  
Development Finance ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Third World ◽  
The Imf

A second series of amendments to the Bretton Woods charter has recently been approved by the IMF Board of Directors. This article provides a commentary on the negotiations leading up to this reform and attaches particular importance to those aspects which concern the Third World. The article analyzes the nature of the IMF and the role that it has played within the international community, before examining the reform proposals and the failure to satisfy the limited aspirations of the Third World countries. The principal topics considered include: the link between development finance and international monetary reform, the propositions studied by the Committee of Twenty, and the decisions taken by the Interim Committee at Jamaica in 1976.

Third World solidarity: the Group of 77 in the UN General Assembly

1988 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 375-395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keisuke Iida
Keyword(s):  
Voting Behavior ◽  
Third World ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Leadership Model ◽  
Coordination Model ◽  
The Third ◽  
Systemic Theory ◽  
Un General Assembly ◽  
Interest Model ◽  
The Third World

The voting behavior of the Third World states in the United Nations shows that the Third World unity increased in the 1980s. Systemic theory reveals that changes in the power of the Third World could partly account for the increased unity. For a more complete explanation, I examine three models of the Group of 77—the communityof- interest model, the leadership model, and the reciprocal coordination model—and find that the data support the reciprocal coordination model most consistently.

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