... an international division of labor most suited to its own needs, and due to colonial control of the modes of production it obtained over seas products at lower prices (raw materials shipped to colonial centre) through extra-economic means. It is certainly this exploitation through extra-economic means that explains the low costs and low rents which were obtained ... the unfavourable terms of trade for most underdeveloped countries which are not being helped by following the doctrine of free trade through comparative advantage. To achieve a cheap mass production of raw materials in India...

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... not reliant on indigenous manufacturing or industry. In fact, there are very few domestic industries or companies, not including multinational corporations. As long as African states are incapable of manufacturing raw goods, it would be very difficult to disengage from the world economy because of their overwhelming reliance upon imports. The importation of vehicles and food is a daily requirement for survival ... ...

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... not reliant on indigenous manufacturing or industry. In fact, there are very few domestic industries or companies, not including multinational corporations. As long as African states are incapable of manufacturing raw goods, it would be very difficult to disengage from the world economy because of their overwhelming reliance upon imports. The importation of vehicles and food is a daily requirement for survival ... ...

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... economies eventually coming to benefit from neo-liberal economic planning. Instead, it is known that some sectors will benefit and others will not. For example, the experience of a Third World raw material exporting country is not going to resemble at all the experience of a wealthier industrialized country whose gross national product is more connected to industrial output and secondary or tertiary ... ...

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