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While foreign policy as well as economic, ideological and purely humanitarian considerations all continue to play a role in economic relations between the CMEA countries and the Third World, a shift in the relative weights of these various aspects has become discernible in recent years. What conclusions can be drawn as to the future behaviour of the CMEA countries towards the developing countries?
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Schultz, S., Machowski, H. Economic relations with the Third World. Intereconomics 21, 194–202 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02925385
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