Topic: Bypassing the Manufacturing Stage of Development
Country: Chile
Delegate Name: Alexis Jones
School: Vicksburg High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Chile position papers GLIMUN 2017 committees
While manufacturing seems to be the most efficient means of production, Chile, with only 12% of manufacture in total of GDP, proves that a country does not necessarily need to be dependant on manufacturing as a primary route production to become developed. Countries with various terrain hold advantages in their agriculture production such as Chile, and countries with lack of sustainable agriculture can benefit from services as Chile has. As a country with heavy resources, reliant on aquaculture and agriculture, exports and services account for a third of our GDP. Though Chile does benefit from some means of manufacturing, Chile recognizes other sectors as major importances to foreign policy, particularly in the service sector. Chile supports the use of agriculture, aquaculture, and the providence of services to other countries, being our largest focus on exports. The means of manufacturing are important, but it is not necessary. As a high income Latin American country, we hope to pursue and aid other Latin American countries to follow our route of alternative industry, and if not possible, the minimal exploitation of manufacturing could be beneficial to other countries. The issue is the expansion of manufacturing that inevitably creates far worse issues for a developing economy than income gaps.
