Den nye konvention lægger i endnu højere grad end hidtil vægten på den private sektor og dens rolle som stimulator for væksten og diversificeringen af AVS-landenes økonomi.
As regards financing from own resources, the economic climate continued to be very unfavourable, particularly in Africa, largely because of a deterioration in borrowing capacity coupled with a slowdown, and in some countries even a halt, in investment.