The Asian Aspiration: Why and How Africa Should Emulate Asia -- And What It Should Avoid

In 1960, the GDP per capita of Southeast Asian countries was nearly half of that of Africa....
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Author: Greg Mills
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The Asian Aspiration: Why and How Africa Should Emulate Asia -- And What It Should Avoid by Mills, Greg

The Asian Aspiration: Why and How Africa Should Emulate Asia -- And What It Should Avoid

Dhs. 318.95

The Asian Aspiration: Why and How Africa Should Emulate Asia -- And What It Should Avoid

Dhs. 318.95
Author: Greg Mills
Format: Paperback
Language: English
In 1960, the GDP per capita of Southeast Asian countries was nearly half of that of Africa. By 1986 the gap had closed and today the trend is reversed, with more than half of the world's poorest now living in sub Saharan Africa.

Why has Asia developed while Africa lagged? The Asian Aspiration chronicles the stories of explosive growth and changing fortunes: the leaders, events and policy choices that lifted a billion people out of abject poverty within a single generation, the largest such shift in human history.

The relevance of Asia's example comes as Africa is facing a population
boom, which can either lead to crisis or prosperity, and as Asia is again transforming, this time out of low-cost manufacturing into hi-tech, leaving a void that is Africa's for the taking. Far from the optimistic determinism of "Africa Rising," this book calls for unprecedented pragmatism in the pursuit of African success.


Author: Greg Mills, Olusegun Obasanjo, Emily Van Der Merwe
Publisher: Hurst & Co.
Published: 12/01/2020
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781787384453

About the Author

Greg Mills directs the Brenthurst Foundation. An adviser to several African presidents and to COMISAF in Afghanistan, he is the author of, among others, Why Africa is Poor: And What Africans Can Do About It and Why States Recover: Changing Walking Societies into Winning Nations, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.
Olusegun Obasanjo was president of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007 and chairperson of the African Union from 2004 to 2006.
Emily van der Merwe is an economist at The Brenthurst Foundation.
Hailemariam Desalegn was the prime minister of Ethiopia.
Introduction: The Asian Aspiration

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