ABSTRACT
The movement of the Non-Aligned Countries and the Group of 77 offer the broadest framework for co-operation among developing countries in the interest of achieving greater self-reliance. This chapter deals with the organization of the Third World for self-reliance in the framework of the Non-Aligned Countries and the Group of 77 - both at the level of the groups as a whole and at the level of the specific arrangements for economic co-operation among developing countries. The essence of a self-reliance policy is to strengthen autonomous capacities for goa1-setting, decision-making, and decision-implementation in all areas of a developing society. Self-reliance through direct actions is closely related to self-reliance through bargaining. Self-reliance seeks to de-emphasize the predominant reliance of the developing countries on linkages with the developed countries in favour of a greater selectivity in traditional linkages and better mobilization of indigenous resources for primarily indigenous needs.
