It conceptualised self-reliance not merely in terms of reduced dependence on aid but also in terms of building up domestic capabilities and reducing import dependence in strategic materials. Achievement of technological competence through liberal imports of technology was also envisaged. Alongside, the winds of change were added by the recommendations of a number of committees set up during the late 1970s and the 1980s.
Of course, financial market analysts and the media have also had to get used to the issues we are confronted with, and our style of dealing with those issues. I think that our coming of age as a currency is also reflected in the comments we now attract from analysts and the media.