The Creation of Underdevelopment
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.33178/Keywords:
development, industryAbstract
In any discussion on development or underdevelopment, the first sticking point usually, is a definition of the term. Can development be judged on the basis of a per capita Gross National Product over a certain amount? Is the percentage of the working population employed in industry a valid measurement of a nations development? I think a more humanistic approach is to measure the quantity of doctors perthousand, average life expectancy or even more crudely, the existence of malnutrition. If you use any of the above criteria, you may still arrive at the same answer, that the majority of the world's nations are less well off than the 'First World', and that many are lagging. further behind rather than catching up. I intend to show that underdevelopment is principally due to the effects of colonialism and imperialism.
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