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GCSE Geography · key term
Continued economic or political dominance over an independent country, without direct colonial rule.
Used by Edexcel
Paper 1
Revise: Global inequalityNeo-colonialism describes continuing dominance without direct colonial rule. For example, an independent country may still depend on selling cheap raw materials to richer countries, while powerful overseas businesses and governments influence its economic choices.
Distinguish colonialism, involving direct political control, from neo-colonialism, involving continued economic or political influence after independence.
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