Neo-Colonial States & Economic Development: Comparative Analysis of underdevelopment in Pakistan and India
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The two inheritors of the British colonialism, India and Pakistan who got independence in the aftermath of Second World War inherited poverty and underdevelopment at the end of the colonial rule. The colonial rule ended in destroying the traditional and indigenous institutions and a legacy of colonial capitalism. Pakistan and India followed two different approaches of development. India chose the path of self-reliance predicated upon an ideology of nationalism associated with political democracy, while Pakistan was enforced into pursuance of a neo-colonial capitalist model in which authoritarianism and economic growth were blended together. However, after six decades of development, the observers find ‘striking parallels in the achievements and the failings of India and Pakistan’ despite their different models of development. This paper presents a comparative analysis of underdevelopment found in Pakistan and India and argues that human security is linked to human development and human rights. The two ‘nuclear countries’ of South Asia who maintain two larges armies and spend a large share of their resources on military account are extremely poor and underdeveloped. The state of human development and human rights in both the countries demand that military expenditure should be reduced and the saved amount of resources is used for social development. This paper also argues that political democracy without including the principle of economic equality cannot address the issues of underdevelopment. Neo-Colonial States & Economic Development 20
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