Committee ontheinternational development strategy in1989anditsarticulation of fourinterrelated themes hadbecomecentral tothedocument onthestrategy that wasbeingshaped bythePreparatory Committee onthestrategy. Hementioned, furthermore, thatbyrequesting theCommittee's viewsoneffective measures for povertyalleviation asaninputtothefourthsession oftheAdHocCommittee of theWholeforthePreparation oftheInternational Development Strategy, the General Assembly hadunderscored theimportance itattached tothataspectofthe strategy anditshighregardforthequality oftheexpertadviceprovided bythe Committee. Hethenbriefly commented ontheshort- andmedium-term prospects of theworldeconomy onthebasisofProject LINKprojections andthereports ofthe Committee's working groups ontrading blocsandself-evaluation. 180.Preparation forthesession hadbeencarried outbythreeworking groupsof theCommittee. Theworking grouponinternational development strategy and national pOlicies (metinNewYorkfrom1to3November 1989)comprised EdmarBACHA (Chairman), Patrick GUILLAUMONT, HenryNAU,andMahbub ULHAQwith Augustine S.NY~~TORE, Rahman SOBHAN, Miguel URRUTIA andRogelio WERNECK as co-opted experts. Theworking grouponemerging trading blocs(metatGeneva from 28November to1December 1989)comprised He1enHUGHES (Chairman), Shinichi ICHlMURA andIgorSYSOYEV withN.BOURENANE, WinstonFRITSCH, Deepak NAYYAR, Jeffrey SCHOTT, andPerWIJKMAN asco-opted experts. Theworking grouponself-evaluation (metinNewYorkfrom21to23March1990)comprised -51-P.N.DHAR(Chairman), JustFAALAND, Nicolas LIVENTSEV, JozefPAJESTKA and Mahbub ULHAOwithSidney DELL,JohnP.LEWIS,JeanRIPERT, Philippe deSEYNES and Omprakash TALWARasco-opted experts. 181.Substantive services forthesession wereprovided bytheDepartment of International Economic andSocialAffairs oftheUnitedNations Secretariat. The following bodies wererepresented atthesession: theCentreforScience and Technology forDevelopment, theCentre onTransnational Corporations, theCentre forSocial Development andHumanitarian Affairs, theUnitedNations Children's Fund,theUnited Nations Conference onTradeandDevelopment, theUnited Nations Development Programme, Department ofTechnical Co-operation forDevelopment, the UnitedNations OfficeatVienna, theUnitedNations Environment Programme, the WorldInstitute forDevelopment Economics Research oftheUnited Nations University, theEconomic Commission forAfrica, theEconomic Commission forEurope, theEconomic andSocial Commission forAsiaandthePacific, theUnited Nations CentreforHumanSettlements, theInternational Atomic Energy Agency, theWorld FoodCouncil, theWorldFoodProgramme, theInternational LabourOrganisation, the FoodandAgriculture Organization oftheUnitedNations, theWorldHealth Organization, theWorldBank,theInternational Monetary Fund,theUnited Nations Industrial Development Organization, theOrganisation forEconomic Co-operation ~d Development, andonenon-governmental organization. 1/TheCommittee reviewed recentshort- andmedium-term projections ofthe worldeconomy emanating fromtheworkofProject LINK. SeeDepartment of International Economic andSocialAffairs, "Report oftheExpert GroupMeetinq on Short-,and Medium-term Projections oftheWorldEconomy" (28April1990).It r~cogn1zed thatalthough forecasts differinassumptions andemphasis, these d1fferences arenotdecisive. I 1./WorldEconomic Survey 1990(tobeissuedasaUnited Nations publication).! .3./LanceTaylor, "Foreign resource flowsanddeveloping country growth", paperprepared fortheWorldInstitute forDevelopment Economics Research ofthe UnitedNations University (1990). ~/Official Records oftheEconomic andSocialCouncil. 1989.SupplementNo,11(E/1989/29), para.330. ~/.Department ofInternational Economic andSocialAffairs, "Proposals for formulat1ng anewsetofcriteria fordesignating countries asleastdeveloped: a
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing international development strategy, economic projections, and policy recommendations. It mentions various organizations and agencies involved in the development process, as well as specific topics such as poverty alleviation, trading blocs, and self-evaluation. The text also references various reports and studies on economic development.

**Category**
Economic development, International trade