Africa can still learn important lessons from #LeeKuanYew’s work in #Singapore http://bit.ly/18WhSEn @Calestouspic.twitter.com/NNWF7APKtE
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Africa can still learn important lessons from #LeeKuanYew’s work in #Singapore http://bit.ly/18WhSEn @Calestouspic.twitter.com/NNWF7APKtE
@calestous I am not so sure, not least because Singapore is really a very special kind of (non-territorial) state...
@maamikron42 There is a country that has emulated some of the lessons. It is the People's Republic of China. Lagos and Rwanda toom
@calestous wealth gap in China btw super rich/booming zones - normal/countryside is more reason for concern than imitation (it seems to me)
@maamikron42 Who said imitation? Please read the article. I refer to very specific lessons.
@calestous ...and resource conditions very unlike anything one can find anywhere else in the world, in particular in Africa (is my feel)
@calestous ... and a skilled, educated population (work force, notably incl. women) and knowledge generation centres (universities) are key
@maamikron42 I am not speculating. I run an executive program that includes Singaporean faculty. Have been doing it for 5 years.
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