https://hdl.handle.net/10419/175000 2026-10-22T01:53:09Z https://hdl.handle.net/10419/140113 Title: SYSMIN: An evaluation Authors: Maennig, Wolfgang Abstract: The Third Lomé Trade and Co-operation Convention between the European Community and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries was signed on 8th December 1984. It is valid for the period from 1.3. 1985 to 28.2. 1990 and incorporates an extension of SYSMIN, the special financing facility for mining products created five years earlier under Lomé II. Now that Lomé III has passed its mid-term it is time to take stock of what SYSMIN has achieved and to begin thinking about improvements to be negotiated for Lomé IV. 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/10419/140108 Title: Trends in the international competitiveness of industrial countries Authors: Koopmann, Georg; Langer, Christian Abstract: It has become fashionable in recent times to describe the state of the Western European economies with the word “eurosclerosis”. Is the international competitiveness of these economies really as ailing as this world implies? The following article attempts to answer this question using various methods of measuring international competitiveness. 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/10419/140112 Title: Savings mobilisation in developing countries Authors: Corsepius, Uwe Abstract: Stagnating development aid and continued reluctance on the part of western commercial banks to grant new loans to problem debtor countries have led many developing countries to pay greater attention to the mobilisation of their own resources. This article outlines a strategy for increasing the extent to which domestic savings are made available for development financing. 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/10419/140109 Title: The governmental promotion of technological progress Authors: Henke, Klaus-Dirk Abstract: Today technological progress is promoted by governments in numerous and diverse ways. What forms does this intervention take? Is governmental promotion of technological progress necessary? Is it even justifiable? 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z