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Why Poor Countries are Poor
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Why Poor Countries are Poor
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Are you friggin serious?? Of course there is an international influence, but Jesus H Christ, you can't be saying that the DR is not responsible for most of its own problems :tired: .........this guy. And it's another Dominican telling you, not a gringo that never lived there.NALs said:Now that we "know" the inner workings of such, let's now focus on international influences on the majority of the world's countries which are poor.
http://www.zmag.org/ParEcon/palastimf.htm
Every coin has two sides.
-NALs
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Don't any of you... ah, never mind.Jon S. said:Are you friggin serious?? Of course there is an international influence, but Jesus H Christ, you can't be saying that the DR is not responsible for most of its own problems :tired: .........this guy. And it's another Dominican telling you, not a gringo that never lived there.
Funny you mention that, since Botswana is wealthier than the DR. :glasses:Rick Snyder said:Needless to say that the DR couldn't do what Botswana did as nobody is as powerful and well off like Botswana (tongue in cheek).
Rick
NALs said:Now that we "know" the inner workings of such, let's now focus on international influences on the majority of the world's countries which are poor.
http://www.zmag.org/ParEcon/palastimf.htm
Every coin has two sides.
-NALs
Edited to add: For those of you who develop an interest into this, simply click here for a sample.
http://www.plutobooks.com/pdf/0745318460.pdf
I know Rick, but people are judging all nations as if all are the same when they are not. I am not refering to cultural difference, but rather on level of autonomy within various aspects, such as political, economical, militarily, the power relation it has towards other nations, etc.Rick Snyder said:Nals the only reason that you are getting these responses is because of your insertion of “Every coin has two sides.” If you had left your post as is and eliminated the above quote the responses would have been different. With the aforementioned quote you put yourself in a defensive position as to why the DR and all countries get in the clutches of the IMF instead of putting the blame where it lies. This defensive position has a tendency to try to direct the blame to someone or something else rather then to where it belongs.
Rick
PS Regardless of the position of Botswana in comparison to the DR it still has no bearing on the issue
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