Colonial rule introduced modern education systems, legal frameworks, and administrative institutions that some nations retained and adapted post-independence, laying the foundation for later development.
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Modern Institutions and Education
These institutions were designed to serve colonial powers, not to empower locals. Education, for instance, often focused on producing clerks rather than fostering critical or technical skills.
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Global Economic Integration
Colonialism connected remote regions to global markets through trade routes, ports, and currency systems. This integration continues to shape economic patterns and opportunities today.
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Unequal Trade Systems
Trade was highly asymmetrical, favoring the colonizers. Colonized regions exported raw materials and imported finished goods, limiting local industrial development.
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Healthcare and Sanitation Advances
Colonial governments introduced hospitals, sanitation systems, and public health campaigns that helped reduce disease and mortality rates in some areas.
Health services were often restricted to colonial elites or urban centers, excluding the majority of the native population from meaningful access or long-term benefit.
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