Very sad that GDP and yield have stagnated in Africa. There is definitely limited state capacity which I think is from limited voice of the populace which in turn is due to a culture of corporal punishment and prioritizing subservience rather than actual learning in Education. The graph you showed of decreased acceptance of corporal punishment is encouraging. We might be seeing the result of this with the recent youth protests in Kenya where a generation who were not as brutally punished for having different ideas have found their voice. Let's hope!
Note: the impact of climate change (figure 12) is *projected* not actual.
I have been looking for data to show what the climate impact on Africa is and have yet to find it. As far as I can tell global warming would have sligh positive benefit for Africa.
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Very sad that GDP and yield have stagnated in Africa. There is definitely limited state capacity which I think is from limited voice of the populace which in turn is due to a culture of corporal punishment and prioritizing subservience rather than actual learning in Education. The graph you showed of decreased acceptance of corporal punishment is encouraging. We might be seeing the result of this with the recent youth protests in Kenya where a generation who were not as brutally punished for having different ideas have found their voice. Let's hope!
Note: the impact of climate change (figure 12) is *projected* not actual.
I have been looking for data to show what the climate impact on Africa is and have yet to find it. As far as I can tell global warming would have sligh positive benefit for Africa.
https://www.africanaccelerationism.com/p/global-warming-the-lesser-of-two Though I'm happy to be corrected on that.