Original sentence: He cited evidence that GDP growth in developing countries had been higher prior to external pressures recommending deregulation and extended his analysis to what he presented as the failures of free trade to induce growth through privatisation and anti-inflationary policies
Edited sentence: He cited evidence that GDP growth in developing countries had been higher prior to external pressures recommending deregulation and extended his analysis to the failures of free trade to induce growth through privatisation and anti-inflationary policies