For a classic of two economic examples:

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Two countries in the same overall region of Africa, both affected by the policies and misjudgments of British and Afrikaner Imperialism emerged in the wake of the Wars of National Liberation in the region. One of them, Botswana, is a country that was dirt poor and includes as much desert as a predictable analogy to Southwest Asian states. Yet, in

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Reading that article, I'm leaning towards the difference in social and political policies, rather than economic policies, being the real important thing. The economic policies in Zimbabwe are only possible because of a failure of the political and social spheres of the country.

Diversity, tolerance, transparency, mutual respect.