... unemployed and underemployed, significant dependence on agricultural and primary exports, prevalence of imperfect markets and finally dominance, dependence and susceptibility in International Relations.2 This has an impact on how the states are governed and further hinders their economic growth. The Dependency theory therefore claims that there is a need for a political initiative to reduce these problems. There are many strategies that need to be embraced in order to end the dependency of the South and achieve development. One radical solution is to abruptly end the relations between North and South, hereby ending the problem of dependency. However, this is very difficult because the South is still very much intertwined with the North and therefore needs to gradually work towards independence. The third world countries need to approach the advanced countries together; if one country acts alone it will not be able to change the status quo. One first step ...

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