Reply to "VJ...did anyone ever do a critical analysis of Rodney's"

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Originally Posted by TK:

I have read it. Geography was not the central theme for the underdevelopment. It was colonialism. Although colonialism plays a role, it always interacts with geography like navigable rivers and so on. It also has to do with colonial settlement patterns. As they settle in the best locations you had more opportunity for favorable institutions taking root. I am convinced geography is at the root of Guyana's underdevelopment. Geography also engenders bad economic returns and therefore political conflict. I did a paper on it and will be glad to email you if you send me an email.

TK, I am interested in the paper. Does it address the "inefficeincy" of the polder system also?

6/24/1510:19 AM

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