Volume III also presents a comprehensive overview of the concept and processes adopted in Indonesia's national development during the past quarter of a century. The first long term phase of national development took place through a series of five-year development plans known by the acronym of PELITA and designed with the threefold objectives of political stability, economic growth and social ju…
In Part II the profiles of a number of major public and private Indonesian companies are presented. Having succeeded in contributing to the growth of the Indonesian economy, they are models for increased cooperation in trade between southern countries. These companies are now major corporations, playing a dominant role in industrialization and non-oil and gas export growth.
The first two editions of ideals and realities got a response from the readers that showed the book to be a tour de force. In the meantime, Professor Abdul Salam had made some more valuable presentations like "Notes on science, technology and science educations in the development of the South"--a document he had prepared for the 4th and 5th meetings of the South commission.
There is at last a lucid, penetrating and comprehensive guidebook for U.S. policy in the Third World. And Richard Feinberg has written it. The Intemperate Zone displays encyclopedic knowledge at the command of a mind equally at home with strategic and moral issues. A gracefully written book for experts and amateurs alike
Globalization today is not working. It is not working for many of the world's poor. It is not working for much of the environment. It is not working for the stability of the global economy. It is Stiglitz's extraordinary authority and experience that make this book so compelling. Stiglitz admits, 'It is the trade unionists, students, environmentalists and ordinary citizens marching in the stree…