ABSTRACT
The 1975 United Nations Industrial Organization (UNIDO) Conference at Lima set the target for the developing countries: 25 percent of world industrial production by 2000. The January 1980 UNIDO Conference in New Delhi provided detail and direction for the achievement of this goal. This chapter discusses this effort after first examining some of the general problems of North-South trade. In addition to restructuring North-South trade, the developing countries have indicated a strong desire to increase trade among themselves. The chapter also discusses some aspects of this movement. These discussions of the problems and prospects of North-South and South-South trade should provide some perspective on whether trade will be a major factor in reducing the impact of the food, energy, and debt crises for the developing countries and on the tensions likely to appear in one part of the North-South arena. The chapter focuses on some of the policy implications of the analysis for the US government.
