The separation of decision-making authority from the people who benefit from the resources can lead to inferior management. Further, states may be 'captured' by vested or special interests which becomes more likely the greater the consumptive and market benefits of natural resources. So while the policy was created to encourage capitalistic involvement within the third world, it has served to further benefit and increase the profit margins of the largest and richest multinational corporations. In the anthology Mexican Lives by Judith Adler Hellman, Don Ramon and Don Rodolfo shared their changing experiences as rural farmers with the introduction of large agribusiness corporations. Those who are already better off, are the ones who will profit from the arrival of the big, foreign companies.
International trade serves to increase competition, thereby reducing costs.
Unfortunately, most developing nations don't have the resources or capital to increase efficiency which clearly explains the eradication of the 28,000 small Mexican businesses that were not surprisingly unable to compete with the capital and technological investment capabilities of multi-million dollar corporations. As a result, countries are forced to implement policies that are destructive to their own citizenry in order to maintain their comparative advantage in capitalism . Under such conditions, farmers are at the mercy of the corporations which establish the market prices. Not even for such an obviously common cause as saving the only environment we all have. Much of the depletion and contamination of resources has been done to meet the consumption demands of the rich.