system. As regards the resource base of the IMF, they feel that the lncrease in quotas recently effected and the recent extension of its General Arrangements to Borrow are adequate for the immediate future, C. Centrally planqed qcononies 121. Countries with centrally planned economies in general view the present economic crisis and the difficulties being faced by developing countries as a resule of the working of the wescern worldrs economic system, with its unequal relationships among countries. They enphasize the close inter r ela Cionships between various current problems, among them the arms race and the huge iraste of resources it lmplies. financial f l"ows, the growing debt burden, stagnanE exports, and increasing protectionism in international trade, and they call for a conprehensive approach to these problems. 122. These countries vie!, the existi.ng sygtem of international relations as under the domination of the developed market econonies. Sone of the latter are said to contlnue to exert much the same influence over most of the developing countries ag during the colonial era, albeit with differenc meanst to practise policies that exploit economic relations as a means of achieving political goa1s, and !o have transferred the burden of the recent global economic and financial crises to other SEates by depressing com(Ttodity prices, shrinking the purchaaing power of export revenues as a result of higher import prices, raising interest rates and generally rrorsening borro\,ring costs, and draining off profits from the developing countries. unLess all participants in the world econony make a clear commitment to eliminate such policies, the countries ei.th centrally planned economies doubt that a lasting restructuring of global economic relations can be undertaken or that durable gains can be obtained from assisting in the development procesg,
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the global economic system, the role of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the perspectives of countries with centrally planned economies on the current economic crisis. The text highlights the issues of unequal relationships among countries, the arms race, financial flows, debt burden, and protectionism, which suggests that the category should be related to economics.

**Category**
International trade, Economic development