This article discusses how dependency's antonym, ‘self-reliance’ expresses and shapes aspirations for development, and ideas about citizenship in Vanuatu. This ‘keyword’ was popularized in the process of decolonization and nation-building in Vanuatu, and influenced by Dependency Theory, Pan-Africanism, Black Internationalism, and trans-Pacific visions of decolonization and development. But vernacular ideas of ‘self-reliance’ also articulate different aspirations for development at ‘grassroots’ community level, as will be shown in two case studies. The first is a community with a high degree of engagement in New Zealand's seasonal worker programme. The second is around the cultivation of kava — a plant with relaxant and soporific properties — for burgeoning domestic and export markets.

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“自力更生”宣言：瓦努阿图的依赖、公民身份和发展的替代愿景

本文讨论了依赖的反义词“自力更生”如何表达和塑造瓦努阿图的发展愿望，以及有关公民身份的想法。这个“关键词”在瓦努阿图的非殖民化和国家建设过程中得到普及，并受到依附理论、泛非主义、黑人国际主义和跨太平洋非殖民化和发展愿景的影响。但是，“自力更生”的本土观念也表达了“基层”社区层面的不同发展愿望，这将在两个案例研究中得到体现。第一个是高度参与新西兰季节性工人计划的社区。第二个是围绕卡瓦的种植——一种具有放松和催眠特性的植物——用于新兴的国内和出口市场。