help their peoples understand them as well. However, I should also like to sav that where such policies are applied, international support must follow. JB/18 A/S-18/PV. 9 76 (Mr. Camdessus , IMF ) It must come in the form of increased efforts to free international trade. The minimum duty of the international community is to ensure success for the Uruguay Round. An effort is also required of the great industrialized countries to perceive and take further into account the global aspects of their own economic policies. They have it in their grasp to contribute to a vital fall in interest rates throughout the world. They can do so if they apply to themselves the fiscal discipline we are recommending to the rest of the world. If that is done, then clearly financial support must also be speedily set up in the requisite proportions. I am obviously not referring to the necessary flow of private caoital, which countries experiencing difficulties must do all in their power to facilitate and foster. I am speaking in particular of efforts to sustain the necessary levels of official support. I must tell you that our experience with all countries in which we work is that there is a minimum threshold of support by the international community below which structural adjustment programmes have no chance of success. Therefore, I believe that we need stepped-up efforts for official development assistance. We also need to pursue a strengthening of our debt strategy, which has already yielded particularly outstanding results in Mexico, for example, and in certain other countries. I am sure that if the strategy is consistently applied the debt may remain - doubtless for some time to come - an acute problem but one with which we can cope. In any case, as far as the IMF is concerned, it will do all in its power to 
**Analysis**
The text primarily focuses on the economic policies and strategies implemented by international organizations, particularly the International Monetary Fund (IMF), to promote economic development and stability. The language used suggests a focus on macroeconomic issues, such as trade, interest rates, and debt, rather than specific sectors like agriculture or industry. The text also emphasizes the need for international cooperation and support to ensure the success of economic reforms.

**Category**
Economic development, International trade