GS101 Lecture Notes - Simon Kuznets, Group Of 77, Debt Relief
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From decolonization to development long decolonization (1947-1980): colonial reticence; cold war; and strength of independence movements: capitalist powers were worried many countries would become communist. Residual colonialism: in 2012, the united nations considered 16 territories territories with approximately 2 million inhabitants to be under colonial rule (doesn"t include. The cold war and the discovery of development. Truman"s 4 point speech in 1948: 1) support un; 2) reconstruct europe; 3) protect allies against soviet agression; and Fourth, we must embark on a bold new program for making the benefits of our scientific advances and industrial progress available for the improvement and growth of underdeveloped areas. More than half the people of the world are living in conditions approaching misery. Their food is inadequate, they are victims of disease. Their poverty is a handicap and a threat both to them and to more prosperous areas. : most important, worried about them because of the cold war.
