Public sector role in development.

• Position: Seminar for 19 developing countries - Development Report

Participants from 19 developing countries took part in a UN interregional seminar (9-15 January, Nairobi, Kenya) on the role of the public sector in promoting the economic development of developing countries, organized by the UN Department of Technical Cooperation for Development, in cooperation with the UN Environment Programme. The significance of the public sector, especially as custodian of overall political and economic decision-making, had not changed much, the seminar concluded. Its...