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wunderflix | 4 years ago

I remember a Ted talk saying that China grew much faster than India not because of any infrastructure advantage they had. But because of stronger role women play in the work force.

https://www.ted.com/talks/yasheng_huang_does_democracy_stifl...

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renewiltord|4 years ago

There was something I read once about the Arab world failing to use 50% of its workforce efficiently being a reason for slower development. An interesting hypothesis for sure.