North-South: a programme for survival. The report of the Independent Comission on International Development Issues under the Chairmanship of Willy Brandt
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North South a programme for survival The report of the Independent Comission on International Development Issues under the Chairmanship of Willy Brandt: 304
1980
Document Number: 446780
This report is the result of a unique and independent investigation by a group of international statesmen and leaders, headed by Willy Brandt, into the urgent problems of inequality in the world and the failure of its economic system. It argues that in almost every field of the world's present troubles, a substantial number of the solutions depend on recognizing the mutual interests between North and South. The 18 members of the Commission, coming from 5 continents and different points of the political spectrum, have agreed on a set of recommendations, including a new approach to international finance and development of the monetary system. One chapter is devoted to hunger and food, where recommendations include agrarian reform, the establishment of an International Grains Arrangement, the expansion of food aid programmes which are linked to employment promotion and to agricultural programmes and projects without weakening incentives to produce food, liberalization of trade in agricultural products and support for international agricultural research institutions.