The Governance Challenges of Large Developing Nations
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Summary
The article discusses the author's shift in focus from writing about developing countries to examining the challenges facing large, poorly-governed nations that are home to increasing portions of humanity. The author reflects on their previous work covering development success stories and African industrialization, but now emphasizes that more people will live in 'giant basket case countries' - large nations that struggle with self-governance and development. The piece examines why these countries fail to manage themselves effectively and the implications for global development patterns.
Key quotes
· 5 pulledI used to talk a lot about developing countries — how the successful ones accelerated their growth, and what lessons the others could learn from those successes.
These days, I've been writing a lot less about developing countries, for several reasons.
More and more of humanity is going to live in a few big countries that can't manage themselves.
Here's a whole series I wrote about the more promising development stories.
And when I was at Bloomberg, I wrote a lot about the prospects for African industrialization (which has been disappointing in the years since).
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