ABSTRACT
The Pearson Report relegated to back shelves in libraries, and long-gone from used-book stores, stands up moderately well. Thick reports on the state of just about everything have become increasingly fashionable. The average annual rate of growth in the Third World actually exceeded that of industrialized countries. The Pearson Report recognized the problems of growing urbanization and malnutrition, but saw solutions largely in terms of increased investment in jobs. In the area of international trade, the decade following the Pearson Report had its promising moments. The Brandt Report was much clearer than Pearson on the role of technology in development. The Brandt Commission pointed out that almost all advanced technology originated in industrial countries where it was developed for a different set of economic and production circumstances. The Brandt Commission recommended a major North-South world summit aimed at an intellectual reorientation, structural change and increased practical co-operation in the interest of enhanced international peace and development.
