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... Third World countries are locked into an economic system that dictates that development can be achieved only through industrialization . To industrialize , however , a country must earn foreign exchange in order to import the tech ...
... Third World countries are locked into an economic system that dictates that development can be achieved only through industrialization . To industrialize , however , a country must earn foreign exchange in order to import the tech ...
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... Third World governments have been prepared not only to grant foreign industries a license to pollute , but have offered numerous other concessions . Those concessions include : tax exemptions ; the freedom to repatriate profits ; the ...
... Third World governments have been prepared not only to grant foreign industries a license to pollute , but have offered numerous other concessions . Those concessions include : tax exemptions ; the freedom to repatriate profits ; the ...
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... Third World , 209-10 ; cost of , 7 ; and flood control , 129-31 ; as indirect cause of pollution , 208-19 ; potential for , 7 , 8 ; and Third World govern- ments , 8 ; and water loss to development , 200-7 Iata ( Brazil ) , 26 yields ...
... Third World , 209-10 ; cost of , 7 ; and flood control , 129-31 ; as indirect cause of pollution , 208-19 ; potential for , 7 , 8 ; and Third World govern- ments , 8 ; and water loss to development , 200-7 Iata ( Brazil ) , 26 yields ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Problems of Resettlement | 17 |
Management and MaintenancePerennial Problems | 163 |
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