Role of the Public Sector in Promiting the Economic Development of Developing Countries

A/RES/3488(XXX)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1976.

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 subjects

Balance of Payments Capital Formation Economic Development Employment Creation Income Distribution Public Sector Trade Expansion

What’s in this document?

7 operative paragraphs

Recognizes the important and vital role that the public sector in the developing countries can play in enhancing their capacity to achieve the over-all economic and social development goals in accordance with their national development plans;

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the role of the public sector in promoting the economic development of .developing countries, 64 prepared in accordance with General Assembly resolution 3335 (XXIX) of 17 December 1974;

Invites the Secretary-General to undertake, in conjunction with the biennial review and appraisal of

64 E/5690 and Add.I. progress in the implementation of the International Development Strategy for the Second United Nations Development Decade, a further comprehensive study of all available data on the present and potential capacity of the public sector to promote economic development with a view to facilitating the exchange of information and experience among countries;

Requests the Secretary-General, in carrying out these tasks, to utilize the capacity and experience available in relevant national institutions, especially those in developing countries, to take into account views expressed by Governments on the subject and to bear in mind, inter alia, the impact of the public sector on:

The criteria and practices employed by developing countries with regard to the role and place of the public sector in the over-all development policy;

( b) Capital formation and the fuller utilization by developing countries of their natural resources for the benefit of their entire population;

( c) The attainment of the aims of a unified approach to economic and social development, including the achievement of a more equitable distribution of income and wealth in the nation;

The creation of broader employment opportunities and the reduction of unemployment;

( e) The expansion of the role of developing countries in international trade, including the improvement of their export capacity and balance of payments;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit the study, together with the comments of the competent United Nations organs and specialized agencies, to the General Assembly at its thirty-second session through the Economic and Social Council at its sixty-third session.

63 Adopted by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization at its Second General ConfereI11Ce, held at Lima from 12 to 26 March 1975 (see A/10112, chap. IV).

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