In subsequent decades, some of these nations have had difficulty in repaying these debts, leading to charges by anti-globalisation activists that it was a form of neocolonialism.
The most common assertion given by opponents is that they are a form of neocolonialism, where the more developed countries can exploit the less developed countries.
Furthermore, a state having discrediting intelligence on another government may allow the former to exert forms of indirect control resembling neocolonialism.