Third World development as the local articulation of world economic and political conditions, donor-nation actions, and government policies: Concluding observations

For example, Chapter Three’s examination of aggregate migration flows demonstrates spatial variation in the effect of variables pertaining to employment opportunities and information levels, which is traced to development events affecting particular locales and not others. Such events included world price increases for sugar cane and cacao, introduction of disease resistant banana varieties, government policies to modernize and stimulate cattle production, and policies/donor-nation actions related to completing the Pan American Highway link with Panama.