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Africa Journal - What does it take to get out of poverty?

	I serendipitously watched a "TED" tech talk by Hans Rosling about the "developing world." The concept is hard to pin down because the reality is that there is a wide spectrum of poverty in the world. Even within a single African nation. Watch the talk here.
Hans presented some interesting axes on which to think about overcoming poverty. In order to create an economic market you need: Schooling for the participants Health for the participants Information Credit (to buy a bike in the picture on the left) Infrastructure	He also presented a variety of ways to think about the concept of "development." You can be developed in any of these and not necessarily the others: Human Rights Environment Government Economic growth Education Health Culture

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