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Is independence a panacea for struggling, underdeveloped countries?

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Yes		49%	67 votes	Total: 138 votes
No		51%	71 votes	Total: 138 votes

Yes

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by Phoebe Odingo

If you had asked me this question ten years ago, my answer would have been a flat NO. I have however reflected on this over time and come to the conclusion that Independence has...read more
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by Jason Panutsos

"True independence" is the closest thing to a panacea for struggling, underdeveloped countries that exists in the world. By "true independence," I mean that which is granted to ...read more
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by Charles Simmins

Independence. It is a term that causes patriotic fervor and pride of country. It is a term that suggests that a nation stand on its own, self-reliant and self-determining. Lo...read more
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by Roberto Alvarez-Galloso

While Independence may not be an instant panacea, there are times when a region cannot survive living under an oppressive government or one that could care less about its intere...read more
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by V. Kumar

Independence is necessary for development of a country to the extent that it provides them to take their own decisions, and choose their own path for it. However, independence a...read more
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by pertinacious fool

Is independence a panacea for struggling, underdeveloped countries? Insofar as the independence being considered is freedom from international meddling, the answer is a resound...read more

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No

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by Ravi Embar

No. Independence is not a panacea for struggling, underdeveloped countries. There have been numerous underdeveloped countries in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean that...read more
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by Larry Head

There is no "magic pill", no "panacea", no "quick fix" for struggling, underdeveloped countries. Independence, by it's very nature, is more difficult than a collective system. ...read more
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by James Hinton

Independence is an appealing word to young people. Dependence is a bad word, because it implies weakness. Interdependence sounds better, but it hardly has a history of being a r...read more
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by Michael Greaney

Independence - true independence - is an absolute necessity for all people in all countries of the world, regardless of the internal state of development. The problem is that "...read more
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by Desmond Stephens

The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe, so says Leonard H. McCoy and if one merely put an ounce of effort into it, could argue quite effectively on why ...read more
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by Glendon Caballero

Independence is no panacea, no cure all, but the majority of descendants of ex-slaves in the Caribbean, for example, are far happier to exercise self-determination in an environ...read more
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by Nathan Wada

Superlatives as a general rule come up short. So while the fascist, the oppressive, the constricting, the antiquated, the somnambulant, and the plain boneheaded policies of...read more
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by Marie Devine

Struggling, underdeveloped countries are looking for solutions. They do not feel there is an answer in their circumstance, so they expect that independence will be the panacea ...read more
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by William Neal III

Independence of a nation does not grant an instant mandate of panacea from the struggles and problems, which might face a nation in the infant stages of existence. Declaring in...read more
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by Linda Louise Stark

Independence is not a panacea but a formula for survival for struggling underdeveloped countries. Without free enterprise and commerce many of these countries will drown in th...read more
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by David Thill

The ambition to guide one's own fate is common to all people. Throughout history, this drive for self-determination has fuelled the dedication and united the ambitions of uncoun...read more
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by Monique Kuschel

Independence for any country is a concept of the past, no longer valid in the new world order of economical survival, dictating our socio-political choices. Although the Unit...read more

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