ABSTRACT

Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (Japan) Poland/Hungary Assistance for the Reconstruction of the Economy (now extended to whole of Eastern Europe) A figure adjusted to take account of exchange rates and inflation, allowing a ‘real’ comparison over time Southern African Development Coordination Structural Adjustment Programme Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation Swedish official aid agency severely indebted low income country small-and medium-sized enterprise Special Programme for Africa sub-Saharan Africa transnational corporation United Nations United Nations Development Programme United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation UN Fund for Population Activities UN General Assembly Special Session United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UN Children’s Fund United Nations Industrial Development Organisation United Nations Development Fund for Women UN System Conferences Action Plan Last round of multilateral trade negotiations under the GATT United States Agency for International Development World Food Programme World Health Organisation Women in Development World Summit on Social Development held in Copenhagen in March 1995 World Trade Organisation