Imperialist Plunder of Africa Through Structural Adjustment Programmes
| |

Imperialist Plunder of Africa Through Structural Adjustment Programmes

Drawing on recent data on Africa’s material resource use, the authors show how during the 1980s-90s, structural adjustment programmes led to a significant increase in ‘unequal ecological exchange’, a process whereby African countries were compelled to export more materials, energy and other resources than they received in imports.