APPENDIX VI
APPENDIX -VI
Similar advantages or handicaps, in much the same way as
do--for
example--large
cities,
specific geographical region.
~in
or
states
within
a
However, we believe that-
general--the circumstances confronting Puerto
Rico
are sufficiently different, in nature and/or scope, that
they
render
invalid most attempts
to
compare
Puerto
Rico's situation directly with those of the other territories,
It
and
Republic of Malagasay as
the
without
is as if one were to compare Great Britain
taking
ment.
education,
Puerto
that
as
history,
culture, political insti-
infrastructure, and economic develop-
To a great extent, such an exercise would be like
comparing
group
societies,"
into account such factors
proximity to other countries,
tutions,
"island
apples
Rico
with oranges.
Our position is
has more in common with the
that
states
than with the other territories as a
as
group,
Puerto Rico likewise has much more in common
a
and
with
the states than does any other single territory.
The
Draft
Report,
constraints
which
development.
Let
on
page
39,
hamper
us
lists
a
economic
examine
these
number
and
of
social
constraints
as
applied to Puerto Rico:
1.
"Geographic
isolation
mainland United States."
virtually
from
major world
Though it
markets
is undeniable
and
that
every offshore island is to some extent geog-.
raphically isolated from major markets, we would like to
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