6.7.6 Political Issues Related to Developing Countries

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Associated with economic policy towards developing countries (3.5.8), there are purely political issues:

The receipt of aid has a political impact in the country receiving it (6.7.6.1);
There are governance issues within developing countries as they try to develop (6.7.6.2);
Developed countries have ways of putting political pressure on those who are less developed (6.7.6.3).