Financial constraints on economic development: Theory and policy for developing countries

This article contains a theoretical and policy analysis of the financial constraints on economic development in developing countries. Following a Keynesian interpretation, it concludes that financial policies are needed to relieve these constraints, given the natural tendency of financial systems to operate in ways that are dysfunctional to economic development. It then proposes three lines of policy that take account of the special characteristics of developing countries: resource allocation policies targeted at segments of strategic importance for economic and financial development; policies to control financial and external fragility; and compensatory policies of a more interventionist cast, in particular directed credit programmes for both public- and private-sector lending to complement resource allocation policies, and countercyclical regulatory barriers so that fragility can be better controlled.

Finding solutions to the debt problems of developing countries: report of the Executive Committee on Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations (New York, 20 May 1999)

Includes bibliography

Microcomputer technology to extend the use of population data in developing countries: multidisciplinary databases, Geographic Information Systems and REDATAM

Includes bibliography

Resolución 439(XIX): Cooperación económica entre países en desarrollo = Resolution 439(XIX): Economic co-operation among developing countries = Résolution 439 (XIX): Coopération économique entre pays en développement

Publicado separadamete en cada idioma

Actividades realizadas por la Comisión Económica para América Latina (CEPAL) para el fomento de la cooperación técnica y económica entre países y regiones en desarrollo (enero 1981-julio 1983) = Activities undertaken by the Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA) for the promotion of technical and economic co-operation among developing countries and regions (January 1981-July 1983)

Incluye Bibliografía

Actividades realizadas por la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) para el fomento de la cooperación entre países y regiones en desarrollo (agosto de 1983 a julio de 1984) = Activities carried out by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) to promote co-operation among developing countries and regions (August 1983 to July 1984)

Resena las actividades de promocion de la cooperacion tecnica y economica entre paises en desarrollo realizadas por CEPAL en los planos regional e interregional, destacando los aportes hechos a las reuniones tecnicas convocadas por el Comite de Seguimiento y Coordinacion en el bienio 1983-1984.