Volume and Distribution of National Income in Under-Developed Countries

A/RES/403(V)View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1951.

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7 subjects

Foreign Investments Foreign Loans Income Distribution Income Distribution Statistics National Income Payments Arrangements Technical Cooperation

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Recommends that the under-developed countries should devote special attention to studies directed towards the calculation of their national income and its distribution;

Requests the Secretary-General and the specialized agencies concerned to give the most favourable consideration possible to requests for technical assistance made for the above purpose ;

Requests the Economic and Social Council to study and report on the volume and distribution of national income in the under-developed countries, with special reference to :

( i) The various income groups and the respective proportions between them ;

The amounts used by these countries to meet their foreign commitments arising from loans and investments, public and private, and the payment of services;

Directs the Secretary-General to prepare and submit to the Economic and Social Council a report to enable it to carry out the request made in paragraph 3 above;

Requests the Secretary-General, in carrying out studies relating to the present resolution, to avoid any duplication with the study recommended in paragraph 16 of Economic and Social Council resolution 294 D

(XI) of 12 August 1950.

20 November 1950.

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