POL SCI 20 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Strategic Dominance, Free Trade, New International Economic Order
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Chapter 9 development: wealth and poverty of nations outline. Zambia and copper wealth resulted in country"s lacking ability to produce anything other than raw materials. Are rich countries responsible for the problems of the developing. Citizens share a common interest in national economic development. However, some groups ma have interests that conflict with broader national developmental goals. Most countries agree on the desirability of economic development in the poor nations. There are substantial conflicts o interest among countries over how the international economy should be organized, and in particular how the benefits of international exchange should be divided among developed and developing countries. Actors within a developing society often collaborate, both among themselves and with government, to provide the conditions for economic growth. However, frequent conflicts among contending groups can impede successful development. Developed and developing countries cooperate on many dimensions to organize and carry out trade, finance, and investment between north and south.
