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En lugar de ello, los Estados deben preguntarse de quién es la culpa y reconocer que es principalmente de ellos y de sus gobiernos, en particular de los gobiernos que han desaprovechado las oportunidades que tenían emprendiendo políticas ideológicas de "construcción nacional" -acabando con la diversidad, persiguiendo el dominio étnico mayoritario e imponiendo normas; o que han buscado perpetuar su propio poder interno o bien han perseguido políticas de engrandecimiento y planes prestigiosos (ayudados por el Banco Mundial, las Potencias donantes y sus contratistas), o que se han quedado corruptamente hasta con la mitad de la asistencia que se les ha prestado y han doblado los precios de los contratos de las actividades estatales.
Instead, States should ask themselves who was to blame, and should acknowledge that the blame lay principally with themselves and their Governments, especially those Governments which had squandered their opportunities by engaging in ideological policies of “nation—building” — suppressing diversity, pursuing majority ethnic domination and imposition of standards; or had sought to perpetuate their own internal power; or had pursued policies of aggrandizement and prestigious schemes (aided by the World Bank, donor Powers and their contractors); or had corruptly syphoned off as much as half the aid made available and had doubled contract prices for State activities.
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