The Magic Ingredient

Gui Gui

As Africa strives to lift its people out of poverty, a close look at the Chineseexperience shows that economic growth is only one of the necessary components

Having endured a three-decade period ofzero or negative economic growth, Africabegan to forge a pattern of growth inthe mid-1990s. The continents real GDP evengrew by 5.4 percent a year from 2000 through2008. But did that growth have enough impacton Africas progress in the fight against poverty?