Economic issues in the Cold War period

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Economic issues in the Cold War period

• MAYELINE GARCIA
• Fabiola Elezi
• Michael BRANCH

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INDIA

• INDIA GAINED ITS INDEPENDENCE FROM BRITAIN IN
  1947.
• After they gained their independence they started
  producing cars, airplanes, satellites, computers,
  nuclear reactors and technical knowledge.
• India also had a very succesful textile industry.

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Indias textile industry

• The indian textile industry is very large and
  diverse.
• Today the industry contributes around 14 to
  industrial production in the country, is
  estimated to employ about 35 million people.
• It contributes almost 30 of the total exports
  and is the second largest employment generator
  after agriculture.

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The Green Revolution

• The Green Revolution is the ongoing
  transformation of agriculture that led to an
  increase in agricultural production between the
  1940s and 1960.
• They started using better fertilizers, new types
  of seed, and pesticides to control disease. This
  brought an increase in crop production in India.

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Latin America

• Latin American Countries had slow
  industrialization. Since they were colonies of
  Spain they transported raw materials such as cash
  crops back and forth .
• After they won independence this didnt change
  though.

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Industrialization

• Many Latin American countries tried to
  industrialize but there wasnt enough
  manufacturing jobs available .
• People couldnt afford to buy products made in
  Latin America and many were uneducated .
• This is when the U.S invested in Latin America
  making it a socialist-style government .

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Agriculture

• Most of the land was owned by the wealthy
  landowners .
• They made large amounts of money by exporting
  bananas , coffee and a variety of other foods.
• This made imported items very expensive for the
  average Latin America.

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Government

• The U.S got involved .
• This is when the dictators and left- wing leaders
  take over.
• They took over the large land masses and stopped
  cash crop business and the profits they made.

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Africa

• The new governments in the African continent
  thought that by quickly industrializing they
  would get more money.
• The Africans who took over didnt have an
  education or enough experience to manage the new
  industries.
• They made poor decisions and their low quality
  products caused a lot of the businesses to fail.

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Desertification

• The old agricultural ways were used less
• Agriculture wasnt as important as the new
  industries that were expanding.
• The old methods werent good enough , there were
  millions of people and not enough crops were
  being produced .
• This caused misery among the people , political
  rivalries and civil unrest.