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

by Olusegun Obasanjo, Emily Van der Merwe, 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1787384454
• ISBN13: 9781787384453
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Hurst & Co.
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"