Obviously the two regions are very different from one another... but it really finally seems that things in Africa are turning for the better. Some of this is actually due to investment by the Chinese.
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/139109/shantayanan-devarajan-and-wolfgang-fengler/africas-economic-boomThe signs are all kind of converging: Reduced political instability, widespread adoption of better farming practices that increase yields and half desertification even with drought, a large, relatively healthy young generation that has had more access to education.
And so many nations in Africa are seeing declines in fertility to more manageable levels. And the economic growth isn't just in one or two spots... but is becoming widespread and taking place in even resource-poor regions.
What do you think? Will Africa begin to rapidly develop? Will it be uneven or continent wide?
