
The Asian Aspiration: Why and How Africa Should Emulate Asia and What It Should Avoid book by Greg Mills
By Greg MillsThe Asian Aspiration: Why and How Africa Should Emulate Asia -- and What It Should Avoid book by Greg Mills
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.
Book details
- Paperback
- 358 pages
- English
- 1787384454
- 9781787384453
About Greg Mills
greg mills directs the brenthurst foundation. an adviser to several african presidents and to comisaf in afghanistan, he is the author of, among others, wh Read More about Greg Mills
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