In many cases, the oppressive debt burden has also resulted in goods being manufactured on a large scale for export, such products being manufactured at the expense of the traditional and more economic production for domestic supply. In this way, the country loses resources which are important for its development, and monocultures are encouraged.
Dans bien des cas, la pression de la dette a entraîné la production à grande échelle de biens destinés à l'exportation, au détriment à la production traditionnelle - et plus rentable - destinée à l'approvisionnement intérieur: ainsi, le pays se soit privé de ressources indispensables pour son développement et la monoculture progresse.