Chapter 10: Developing Countries

________ or nontariff barriers are used to restrict imports.

________- an imperialist system of physically occupying a foreign territory using military force, businesses, or settlers.

________: the ability of the state to carry out basic tasks, including.

________- a system in which a state extends its powers to directly control territory, resources, and people beyond its borders.

________- a system in which small loans are channeled to the poor through borrowing groups whose members jointly take responsibility for repayment.

________: the ability of the state to wield its power independently of the public.

________: strategic investment to build an export- based market.

________: sex- selective abortions; neglect of girl babies; bride burnings; witch killings.

________- a single political authority that has under its sovereignty a large number of external regions or territories and different peoples.

________: a situation where countries experience economic growth but are unable to develop at a speed necessary to catch up with developed countries.

________: Indirect form of imperialism in which powerful countries overly influence the economies of less- developed nations.

________: a policy of economic liberalization adopted in exchange for financial support from liberal organizations; typically includes privatizing state- run firms, ending subsidies, reducing tariff barriers, shrinking the size of the state, and welcoming foreign investment.

________- a mercantilist strategy for economic growth in which a country restricts imports in order to spur demands for locally produced goods.

________: girls are viewed as an economic burden.

historically less-developed countries that have experienced significant economic growth and democratization

countries that lack significant economic development, political institutionalization, or both

Built to extract resources from colonies and send them back to the metropole (colonizing power)

A lot of Europeans settled

a mercantilist strategy for economic growth in which a country seeks out technologies and develops industries focused specifically on the export market

a segment of the economy that is not regulated or taxed by the state