POL208Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Protectionism, Non-Aligned Movement, Birmingham City Centre
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The south is playing in an unlevelled playing field. Dependency on a few commodities; volatile price. Neo-colonialism the exploitation continues post independence; even more efficient than colonialism. As long as the system is built in the way it is built, it doesn"t matter what the policies are, africa is going to remain the same. 1955: bandung conference: 29 participants the emergence of the third. World: before a single african country gained independence. The non aligned movement; organization of african unity (63); the un. Unctad united nations conference on trade and development: created because of pressure of southern countries, un started as an organization with the focus of security. Main mandate was to deal with international/national security: now un is an organization built to deal with development. Put on the table by southern countries. Group of 77 (132 members) established their own organizations oecd. Umbrella term, which includes several terms to change the economic/ development trade.
