INTRODUCTION
THE INTERNATIONAL
Council on Social Welfare (ICSW) is pleased to publish this inaugural
issue of our publication, Social Development Review. We hope that
you will find this new quarterly informative, thought provoking
and a pleasure to read.
The
Review covers a broad range of social development issues. with
a special focus on worldwide follow-up of governmental and non-governmental
action with regard to the World Summit for Social Development.
In
addition, each issue of the Review features a thematic supplement.
We have chosen poverty as our first theme because 1996 is the
VN International Year for the Eradication of Poverty and poverty
is also a core issue of the Summit.
Throughout
this publication, we have attempted to include perspectives
and reports on activities from all those active in social development
- be they representatives of governments, multilateral organizations
or members of civil society. It is our sincere wish that over
time you - the reader - will contribute material in order to
enrich the inter- national content of this publication so that
it reflects a diverse range of views and experiences.
We
hope that you find the Social Development Review an enriching
and stimulating publication.
 
Dirk Jarré
President
International Council
on Social Welfare
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