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Why do you think Kenya's economy is any less robust? The per-capita GDP has increased fivefold in the past two decades. It's a fraction of the income level of t
by blagie 4y ago
Why do you think Kenya's economy is any less robust? The per-capita GDP has increased fivefold in the past two decades. It's a fraction of the income level of the US, but it's a robust, dynamic, and growing economy.
(And I think most of what you wrote is based on similar stereotypes)
- bmitc 4y agoRobust was probably the wrong word, but I couldn’t capture the right word. But notice I did say “less”. What stereotypes?
- blagie 4y agoI can think of few better outcomes than someone "taking advantage of" 200,000 people living in Kibera slum in Nairobi by giving them $10/day desk jobs. Or some of the poorer rural populations. Or the hundreds of thousands some of the refugee camps. That would be transformational.