Mozambican Debt

Paper Summary:

The writer looks closely at the decline of Mozambique's foreign dependence. However, according to the paper, the government still relies heavily on foreign aid to make up its budget each year. The writer proposes that if the people are taught to manage and use what they have effectively, with the combination of knowledge and charity, Mozambique can become a healthy country.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Current Economy
Future Economy
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"In the early 20th century, the Portuguese allowed large private companies, controlled and financed mostly by the British, to begin to control the country. These companies established railroad lines to neighboring countries and by supplied cheap, often forced, African labor to the mines and plantations of the nearby British colonies. Again, little attention was paid to the development Mozambique's economic infrastructure or the skills of its population. After World War II, Portugal maintained that Mozambique, like other Portuguese colonies, were overseas provinces of the mother country and immigration to the colonies soared. Mozambique's Portuguese population at the time of independence was over 200,000. An independence movement developed; in 1962 several anti-Portuguese political groups formed the Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (FRELIMO), which initiated an armed campaign against Portuguese colonial rule in September 1964. After 10 years, Mozambique became independent on June 25, 1975. FRELIMO quickly established a one-party Marxist state and outlawed rival political activity."

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