Self-reliance
As self-reliance ( Engl. For "autonomy") is called in the jargon of economics, the development of a country inside.
This means that it does not export raw materials, but uses them in its own country. The promotion of their own domestic agriculture should primarily benefit the internal market ( self-sufficiency , food sovereignty ). The industry should be built up in such a way that it primarily produces goods for the daily needs of broad sections of the population (i.e. not luxury goods and export products). Import and export are limited to the bare minimum.
The focus on satisfying the basic needs of the population with products from their own country implies a concentration on rural development instead of building up heavy industries . Specifically, u. a. a basic health service and the supply of clean drinking water also demanded in the country. Self-reliance therefore also means a certain decoupling from international trade , at least as long as it is not fair and is based on the principle of equality .
The idea of self-reliance spread relatively quickly in the 1960s and 1970s in Tanzania , East Africa and beyond. Julius Nyereres Ujamaa (African Socialism) in Tanzania was very much influenced by it. There was also talk of Kujitegemea (“independence” in Swahili ).