Good News From Africa

07 Sep 2009 08:24 am

The continent of Africa has seen output expand 6½ times between 1950 and 2001. Of course, the population has grown nearly fourfold, so GDP per capita has only increased 67 percent. But that's hardly stagnation.

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/09/good-news-from-africa.html