Asia-Africa Development Divergence: A Question of Intent

Asia-Africa Development Divergence: A Question of Intent
ISBN-10
1783602791
ISBN-13
9781783602797
Category
Social Science
Pages
264
Language
English
Published
2015-02-12
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Author
David Henley

Description

Why have South-East Asian countries like Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam been so successful in reducing levels of absolute poverty, while in African countries like Kenya, Nigeria and Tanzania, despite recent economic growth, most people are still almost as poor as they were half a century ago? This book presents a simple, radical explanation for the great divergence in development performance between Asia and Africa: the absence in most parts of Africa, and the presence in Asia, of serious developmental intent on the part of national political leaders.

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