International commodity agreements and the common fund : a legal and financial analysis / Paul D. Reynolds, Foreword by Oscar Schachter.

Foreword / Oscar Schachter, v -- Preface, ix -- List of tables, xvi -- List of abbreviations, xvii -- Part I: Commodity trade and regulation, 3 -- 1. Proposals for regulation of commodity trade: their origin and development, 3 -- 2. Trends and problems in commodity trade, 18 -- 3. Objectives and assumptions of the IPC, 43 -- 4. Reality versus perception: the assumptions in the programme, 62 -- Part II: The integrated programme, 67 -- 5. International stocking operations, 67 -- 6. The common fund, 109 -- 7. Multilateral commitments, 144 -- 8. Compensatory finance, 164 -- 9. Diversification, 191 -- 10. Conclusions and recommendations, 215 -- Appendix. Resolution 93 (IV) of the UN Conference on Trade and Development, 221 -- Index, 229 -- About the author, 235.