POLB90H3 Final: POLB90 Exam Review
1 Dec 2016
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Makes the country more dependent on the commodity. Therefore the other sectors (not oil/mineral sectors) decline and people move out of them since they are not doing well. Economics tend to put a economic spin by saying this is how the system works. Political scientists would say corporations are pushing the particular sector to cash out. Colombia: the role of multinational corporations (mncs) i(cid:374) colo(cid:373)bia"s civil war. Suggest that mncs in colombia (mining and oil) since they funded all sides, they contributed to the civil war which extended the duration of the war. Peasants wanting more land therefore joining guerrilla insurgencies. Mncs created and funded paramilitaries (non-government military groups) Mncs also provided funds to guerrillas social investments, protection tax, and ransoms. Oil companies back u. s. military aid to colombia (plan colombia) Definition: industrial zones offering special incentives for (usually foreign) investors to set up in order to process imported materials and then re-export them.
