ABSTRACT
Exhausted by colonial exactions, the national economy of economically underdeveloped coun tries has developed at a slower pace than their population growth. Consequently, with each passing year it has been increasingly difficult to maintain even a minimum level of consumption. It would be no exaggeration to say that in the postwar period, a number of colonies and depen
dent countries were faced with economic catas trophe. At the present time, the economic situ ation in these countries, the majority of which have won national independence, continues to be strained. From this arises another problem — specifically, the problem of the economic growth rate.
