<affiliation><mods:affiliation>Early in July 1980, 19 economists from academic, governmental and international institutions, all of whom specialize in international and development economics, met at Refsnes Gods in Norway to consider the relevance of Western economic theories to the negotiations on a New International Economic Order. The meetings were organized and supported by the Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway, the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, and the German Marshall Fund of the United States. This paper is a highly personal and impressionistic summary of the conference proceedings as seen from the chair; while I have stolen freely from the ideas which others expressed during the conference, and I should like to thank all of the participants for these parts of my further education, all should be totally absolved from any responsibility for what follows. Without implicating them in the slightest I should like particularly to thank those who commented on an earlier draft: John Cuddy, H. E. English, Richard Jolly, Alfred Maizels, Gus Ranis, John Sheahan, Frances Stewart and John Williamson; special thanks are due John Cuddy who drafted parts of the middle section. The main papers at the conference are to be published, under my editorship, later this year by the University of Oslo Press with the tentative title of For Good or Evil: Economic Theory and North-South Negotiations. This paper will appear as Chap. 1 in that book.</mods:affiliation>
<wicri:noCountry code="subField">outh Negotiations. This paper will appear as Chap. 1 in that book.</wicri:noCountry>
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