Decolonization is a historical process when territories occupied by colonial countries are granted independence with full recognition of sovereignty. Sometimes countries gain independence in the course of the liberation struggle, overthrowing the rule of the colonialists.
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Step 1
The first significant decolonization process took place in 1947, when India declared its sovereignty and broke free from British colonial dependence.
Step 2
India is one of the post-colonial countries that has actually gotten rid of British influence. The government managed to unite the people and set them on the path of independent development, began to invest in the development of industry, agriculture, science and education. Now India is an equal partner among the developed countries, and the developers of modern computer technologies, Indian scientists are the world's leading specialists.
Step 3
Unfortunately, the wave of declared sovereignty of many African countries did not bring well-being and prosperity to the peoples of these countries. Developed countries define them by the general concept of "Third World countries".
Step 4
Leaving their former colonies, the colonists took out everything of value, explaining that all values were created with the help of their capital. African countries were on the brink of bankruptcy, there was no industry, unemployment was rampant, and the treasury lacked funds for the most pressing problems. Western countries, taking advantage of the helplessness of the rulers of the new sovereign countries, hastened to provide "assistance" to the countries of the Third World. Thus, the era of neocolonization began for them.
Step 5
Western entrepreneurs were allowed on the territory of the countries, who began to invest in the development of production, in the development of the earth's interior. All this was done with minimal cost, using the natural resources of these countries and local cheap labor.
Step 6
The sovereign countries again fell into bondage, now economically. Western investors allocated most of the profits to themselves, and the rest was returned in the form of profits for the goods sold, imported into the Third World by the investors themselves and sold at monopoly prices. Being under vigilant economic control, the countries did not have and do not have the opportunity to invest in the development of the country. Corruption, erected by local officials as a source of profit, growing foreign debts, have brought these countries to enslaving dependence on Western countries.
Step 7
New liberation movements that swept through the Third World countries, interethnic wars, and the lack of economic policy of the leaders of the countries led only to greater chaos and plunge into complete dependence on investor countries. Decolonization for many countries turned into an even greater disaster than colonial oppression.