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| the amount of development an ecosystem can bear |
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| racial, ethnic, linguistic groups that today are often the source of political violence |
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| imposition of stipulations before the granting of loans by the IMF, World Bank, and oter international financial institutions |
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| the massive accumulation of loans taken out by third world countries and owed to northern banks and governments from the 1970s on |
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| inability of third world countries to pay back their loans to northern creditors |
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| why countries were eager to pursue what amounted to economic nationalism |
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| radical critique of mainstream economic theory that stressed the continued power the north has over the third world |
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| system in which the government loses the ability to provide even the most basic services |
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| money or goods provided by richer countries to help poorer ones develop |
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| religious beliefs of a literal nature that often led to right-wing political views |
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| currencies that can be traded openly on international markets |
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| the United Nations best indicator of social development |
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| the policy of colonizing other countries - establishing empires |
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| development strategy that uses tariffs and other barriers to imports, and therefore stimulates domestic industries |
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| lending and developing strategy that stresses small loans for new businesses, developed by the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh |
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| Newly Industrialized Countries (NICs) |
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| handful of countries, such as South Korea, that have developed a strong industrial base and grown faster than most of the third world |
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| companies owned or controlled by the state in the third world |
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| neofeudal relations in which "patrons" gain the support of clients through mutual exchange of benefits and obligations |
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| development strategy that stresses integration in to global markets privatization, etc., supported by World Bank, IMF, etc. |
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| one in which peasants predominate and grow food and other crops primarily for domestic use |
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| informal term for the poorest countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America |
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| International Monetary Fund (IMF) |
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| international agency that provides loans and other forms of assistance to countries with fiscal problems |
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| Multinational Corporation (MNC) |
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| company operating across national boundaries |
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| Nongovernmental Organization (NGO) |
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| nonprofit organizations that exert political influence around the world |
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| Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) |
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| cartel of oil-producing countries; responsible for 1973-1974 embargo |
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| a major international lending agency for development projects based in Washington |
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| World Trade Organization (WTO) |
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| international organization with wide jurisdiction over trade issues; replaced the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
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| put in charge in Nicaragua by the US, led to a hereditary dictorial campaign |
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| coined "white man's burden" |
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| British and other colonial procedures through which natives were used to carry out colonial rule |
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