The heavy dependence on obsolescent heavy industry and mining was a central problem, and no one offered workable solutions.

All of these factors contribute to its heavy dependence on foreign assistance to help support its balance of payments and to finance development projects.

The causation goes in the opposite direction: conflicts and bad policies created the heavy dependence on exports of natural resources.

Heavy dependence on petroleum revenue continues, but industry and agriculture now account for a larger share of economic activity.

He exposed, issue after issue, the health hazards of cigarettes and attacked the mainstream press for suppressing such news, blaming the newspapers' heavy dependence on cigarette advertising.