30 Years and the african economy is still no better...

cells

zarf2007 wrote: »

I suppose we should look to South Africa.....that's been a roaring success...

we sometimes forget how poor we were a hundred years ago.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2017054/Britains-Slumdogs-The-ragged-filthy-East-London-children-just-100-years-ago-living-life-grime.html

nations are poor until they develop.
China is has left the poverty period and India is leaving it. Africa will be the last but it will develop too one day hopefully sooner rather than later.

System

I think the key to good development is 1) peace, and 2) good transport - railways transformed the UK and USA, China is trying to put railways in, hopefully the peaceful areas of Africa will radiate development, and as Monet flows via globalisation, wages there will increase

westernpromise

My mother is 90 and she can remember the begging bowl coming around for Africa at her school 80 years ago.

Nothing has really changed.

Generali

The situation in large parts of Africa is far better than it was 30 years ago.

Aid works.

ging84

I watched a documentary about population a few weeks ago by Professor Hans Rosling, i think it's a few year old now but the stuff is still very true
One the the points he made is that to us in the west, the difference between someone living on $1 a day and $10 a day seem fairly trivial, they both seem just incredibly poor, but in fact the differences are enormous. There have been massive improvements in africa it's just hard for us to see.

zarf2007

Generali wrote: »

The situation in large parts of Africa is far better than it was 30 years ago.

Aid works.

yeah right..

Generali

zarf2007 wrote: »

yeah right..

Poverty is falling, birth rates are falling, health outcomes are improving.

I'm not sure by what metric that isn't a massive success.

antrobus

Generali wrote: »

The situation in large parts of Africa is far better than it was 30 years ago.

Aid works.

In 2002 8% of the population in Ghana owned a mobile phone. In 2014 it was 83%. Something works.

http://www.amgoo.com/blog/mobile-phone-ownership-in-africa-booming-its-meaning-to-distributors

padington

antrobus wrote: »

In 2002 8% of the population in Ghana owned a mobile phone. In 2014 it was 83%. Something works.

http://www.amgoo.com/blog/mobile-phone-ownership-in-africa-booming-its-meaning-to-distributors

China might have something to do with that.

Generali

If anyone is really interested in the topic of development I am currently taking this course run by a Nobel Prize winner:

https://www.coursera.org/learn/sustainable-development/

It's free and requires about 30 hours of your time in total.