Dependency Approaches to International Political Economy: A Cross-National Study, 1970

Principal Investigator(s): Mahler, Vincent A.

Summary: This data collection provides cross-national data on the external determinants of the division of power and wealth in lesser developed countries. The study aggregates data, produced by the United Nations, the World Bank, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Seventy lesser-developed countries located in Subsaharan Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia, and southern Europe are included. These countries were selected on the basis of data availa... (more info)

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Mahler, Vincent A. DEPENDENCY APPROACHES TO INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY: A CROSS-NATIONAL STUDY, 1970. ICPSR version. New York, NY: Vincent A. Mahler, Columbia University [producer], 1977. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1999. doi:10.3886/ICPSR09021.v1

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09021.v1

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Summary: This data collection provides cross-national data on the external determinants of the division of power and wealth in lesser developed countries. The study aggregates data, produced by the United Nations, the World Bank, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Seventy lesser-developed countries located in Subsaharan Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia, and southern Europe are included. These countries were selected on the basis of data availability. The variables provide information on exports as a proportion of Gross National Product (GNP), export concentration, commodity concentration, trade composition, terms of trade, types of investment, aid concentration, debt service, arms transfers, educational indicators, social welfare indicators, taxes, unemployment, security measures, GNP indicators, index of national resource endowment, and population.

Subject Terms: arms trade, balance of trade, commodities, debt, defense spending, developing nations, education, exports, foreign aid, foreign investments, government, Gross National Product, imports, international economics, military strength, national defense, nations, natural resources, population, power structures, social welfare, taxes, unemployment, wealth

Geographic Coverage: Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, West Indies, Global

Time Period:

1970

Date of Collection:

1977

Universe: Lesser-developed countries.

Data Types: aggregate data

Data Collection Notes:

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Sample: Seventy countries from Subsaharan Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia, and southern Europe were selected on the basis of data availability.

Data Source:

United Nations, World Bank, and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

Original ICPSR Release: 1984-07-13

1980

Mahler, Vincent A. Dependency Approaches to International Political Economy: A Cross-National Study. New York: Columbia University Press.

1981

Mahler, Vincent A. Mining, agriculture and manufacturing: The impact of foreign investment on social distribution in third world countries. Comparative Political Studies. 14, 267-297.

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