Joe W.
>From: "Patrick Bond" <pbond at mail.ngo.za>
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>Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
>Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 07:38:26 +0200
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>----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Wanzala" <jwanzala at hotmail.com>
>>The only extant practicing socialist in Africa is The Seychelles' Albert
>>Rene,
>>whose protege, current Presdient James Michel, carries on his legacy.
>
>Ah! A nice coincidence is that Seychelles is Africa's most prosperous
>country, adding $904 per year per capita to national wealth measured - by
>the World Bank - using a methodology sensitive to resource depletion,
>investment in education, and pollution externalities. In contrast,
>capitalist South Africa (where I live) loses $2 per person each year in
>genuine wealth, and oil-rich Gabon loses $2241 per person each year. Sorry,
>the relevant formatting is messed up but here's the table:
>
>African countries' adjusted national wealth and 'savings gaps', 2000
>
>Income per capita
>($)Population growth rate (%)Adjusted net saving per capita ($)Change in
>wealth per capita ($)Saving gap % GNI
>Benin3602.614-4211.5
>Botswana29251.71021814n.a.
>Burkina Faso2302.515-3615.8
>Burundi971.9-10-3737.7
>Cameroon5482.2-8-15227.7
>CapeVerde11952.743-816.8
>Chad1743.1-8-7442.6
>Comoros3672.5-17-7319.9
>Rep of Congo6603.2-227-727110.2
>Côte d'Ivoire6252.3-5-10016.0
>Ethiopia1012.4-4-2727.1
>Gabon33702.3-1183-224166.5
>The Gambia3053.4-5-4514.6
>Ghana2551.716-187.2
>Kenya3432.340-113.2
>Madagascar2453.19-5622.7
>Malawi1622.1-2-2918.2
>Mali2212.420-4721.2
>Mauritania3822.9-30-14738.4
>Mauritius36971.1645514n.a.
>Mozambique1952.215-2010.0
>Namibia18203.2392140n.a.
>Niger1663.3-10-8350.3
>Nigeria2972.4-97-21070.6
>Rwanda2332.914-6026.0
>Senegal4492.631-276.1
>Seychelles70890.91162904n.a.
>South Africa28372.5246-20.1
>Swaziland13752.51298n.a.
>Togo2854.0-20-8830.8
>Zambia3122.0-13-6320.4
>Zimbabwe5502.053-40.7
>
>Source: World Bank, Where is the Wealth of Nations?, p.66.
>
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