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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 May 2008
Since 1974, U.N. peacekeepers on the divided Mediterranean island of Cyprus have patrolled a buffer zone that divides the Greek-leaning, government-controlled south from the northern third, the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). The economy of Northern Cyprus resembles that of other small islands with negligible industrial production that rely on the service sector to generate income. What makes Northern Cyprus unique, however, is that the rest of the world does not acknowledge it as a separate political entity. This limits economic functions because the “country” cannot trade freely and depends on Turkey, the only nation to formally recognize Northern Cyprus.
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2 James Bovard, “The Continuing Failure of Foreign Aid,” Cato Policy Analysis No. 65, 31 January 1986, http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa065.html (accessed 4 January 2008). Bovard suggests that foreign aid has helped only government bureaucrats and high-ranking officials in the developing world. Aid perpetuates inefficient and corrupt behavior as long as it keeps pouring into the country.
