The Central Political Concern for Developing Countries Regarding MNCs Ownership

question 31

Multiple Choice

The central political concern for developing countries regarding MNCs ownership of critical natural-resource industries was that

• A) it compromised the hard-won national autonomy achieved in the struggle for independence.
• B) governments would be unable to use these resources to promote ISI strategies.
• C) extractive industries did not usually transfer technology.
• D) extractive industries used primarily foreign workers so that skills were obtained by domestic workers.
• E) extractive industries accelerated the depletion of non-renewable resources.

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