HIAF 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Infant Mortality
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Hiaf 111 lecture 15 economic growth and the future. Are countries that were colonized by britain better off or worse off: (cid:1008)(cid:1013)% (cid:271)etter off, (cid:1005)(cid:1009)% (cid:449)orse off, (cid:1007)(cid:1010)% do(cid:374)"t k(cid:374)o(cid:449) Black panther: goes against perception that all-(cid:271)la(cid:272)k (cid:272)ast (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t (cid:373)ake (cid:373)o(cid:374)ey, not narrative about africans as victims, resisted colonialism, mining, challenging fictions of africa through fiction. Democratization of africa: 2006 ellen johnson-sirlead elected president of liberia, first african woman head of state, 2011 nobel peace prize, kenya over half of parliamentarians women. Lower infant mortality: growth of the middle class, had risen to 34% of population, growth of cities, building boom. Population growth: economic growth in the short run = population increases, in long run = population stabilization/decline, africa projected to have increasing population in next century while others go down, meaning. Africa will gain importance and prominence in the world: africa 25% of world population by 2050, 35% 2100, more significant growth in east and west africa.
