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1 Globalisation 3 and Developing Countries (Proceedings) A Editors KAMALA SINHA PRATIM K. DUTTA Organised by Indian Centre for International Co-operation New Delhi, India NEW AGE INTERNATIONAL (P) LIMITED, PUBLISHERS New Delhi Bangalore Calcutta Chennai Guwahati Hyderabad Lucknow Mumbai

2 Netaji's Unforgettable Words Foreword Preface Contributor's Name Inaugural Session Inaugural Speech CONTENTS v vii ix xix xxiii xxv PLENARY SESSION 1 Prof. Bimala Prasad Brazil and India: Two 'Whales' in Global Ocean 3 Ignacy Sachs ECONOMIC SESSION Prof. Atul Sharma Stabilisation and Development Under Globalisation: Challenges to Brazil and Latin America 21 Luciano Coutinho Solidary or Captured Globalisation 27 Mats Karlsson Fiscal Federalism in India and Its Relevance to Large Developing Countries 33 Parthasarathi Shome ECONOMIC SESSION - II 45 Dr. Arun Ghosh The Role of India in Changing World Order 47 /. K. Gujral Development and Underdevelopment in Global World: Latin America's Dilemmas 51 Aldo Ferrer Current Economic Situation and Efforts on Production of Cleaner Technologies in Russia 67 J. Piskulov

3 xvi Contents Disinvestment in Indian Public Sectors to Integrate with Global Economy 71 G. V. Ramakrishna Resource Mobilisation and Infrastructure Development in Liberalised Economy 77 K.D. Agrawal ECONOMIC SESSION-III 89 Prof. Avijit Sen Resource Mobilisation in Core Public Sector Oil Industries in Current Global Scenario 91 M.B.L. Agrawal Structural Adjustment, Poverty Alleviation and Poorer Section of the Society 98 P. Wignaraja SOCIO-POLITICAL SESSION 117 Mr. Horst Mund Global Social Democracy: A New Agenda for Action 119 P. Anyong 'Nyong 'O Market, State and Civil Society in Independent India : A Global Perspective 124 T.K. Oommen Emancipation of Women in South Asia in Democratic Process 128 Farida Rehman Globalisation and Developing Countries A Social Democratic Perspective 143 B. Vivekanandan PEACE AND HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT SESSION 161 Prof. P. Anyong' Nyong 'O Security and Peace between Regionalisation and Globalisation 163 Reimund Seidelmann Science and Technology for Peace A Driving Force for the Economy 169 Herve-Andre Durand and Tanya C. Sienko

4 Contents xvii The Need for Strengthening Horizontal Cooperation ' Among Developing Countries 189 Luis E. Aragon Quality Control of Education as a Way of Raising the Quality of Human Resources in Egypt 195 Hassan Eissa Human Resource Development with Reference to School Education System 199 A.K. Sharma Scope for Reorienting Vocational Training in Public Sector to Meet the Growing Demand of Engineering Industries 203 L. Misra OPEN SESSION 227 Probir K. Sandell REGIONAL COOPERATION AND POST-GATT SESSION 237 Dr. Jurgon Bischojf The Role of Technology and Intellectual Property Rights in Development 239 Surendra J. Patel The Evolving European Union-Asia Partnership: Prospects for an Indian Role 251 Purushottam Bhattacharjee The Impact of New Dispensation on Women in South Africa 258 Thobeka Thamage SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION SESSION-I 271 Prof. Luciano Coutinho Integrating New Technologies: An Indian Perspective 273 Yoginder K. Alagh The Eco-vehicle: A Sustainable Personal Transportation System for the Next Century 283 Richard S.J. Weisburd, Hiroshi Shimzu, Junji Harada, Kiyomoto Kawakami and June Ochiai

5 jcviii Contents The Future of Research Policies : The Endless Frontier Revisited 292 Jean-Jacques Salomon SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION SESSION-II 311 Dr. Bimal Jalan Modernisation and Competitiveness of Steel Industry In Emerging Global Market 313 Arvind Pande and S. C. Suri Expanding Use of Coal Application of Green Technology 322 P.K. Sengupta and S.N. Sharma SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION SESSION-III 339 Dr. M.R. Srinivasan Asia Pacifc Economic Cooperation (APEC) and Its Neighbours 341 Andrew Elek Information Technology Solutions for Railways Towards Optimising Resource Utilisation and Improving Customer Service 361 Col. K.S. Sandhu and A.S. Raghavan Solar Energy Conversion Systems in Developing Countries 381 Manish K. Mukherjee The Indian Power Scenario: Option Under a New Paradigm 388 Rajindra Singh PANEL DISCUSSION AND CONCLUDING SESSION 397 Prof. Ignacy Sachs VALEDICTORY ADDRESS 403 Mrs. KatHala Sinha Planning New Directions 405 Madhu Dandavate Status Report and Vote of Thanks 415 Mrs. Kamala Sinha Recommendation of Final Discussion on the Deliberation of International Conference on "Globalisation and Developing Countrids" 419 List of Participants 423

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