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> se asia is a much more densely populated region, making infrastructure cheaper per capita to produce

Most of South East Asia has developmental indicators comparable to most of Sub Saharan Africa. Sub Saharan Africa has plenty of basket cases (DRC, CAR, Mozambique), but it also has plenty of countries on the same general trajectory as South East Asian countries (Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Tanzania, Senegal). "Africa" and "Asia" is broad and it's dumb ti compare the two.

> se asia has capital flowing through it at a far higher volume, mostly because of manufacturing

Not exactly. Much of South East Asia has strong capital market integrations with Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, and South Korea which makes it easier for liquid capital to flow.

African nations that have integrated their capital markets with foreign markets open to taking risks in LDCs (UAE, China, India) have seen a leapfrogging in economic capabilities. You see this with Ethiopia, Nigeria, Kenya, and Uganda.

> se asia

What do you mean by SEA? And what do you mean by East Asia?




> Most of South East Asia has developmental indicators comparable to most of Sub Saharan Africa.

Africa GDP Per Capita (2023)

Kenya: 1,952.30 USD

Nigeria: 1,596.64 USD

Uganda: 1,002.31 USD

Tanzania: 1,224.49 USD

Senegal: 1,706.44 USD

South East Asia GDP Per Capita (2023)

Brunei: 32,962.91 USD

Myanmar: 1,233.20 USD

Cambodia: 2,429.75 USD

Timor-Leste: 1,502.52 USD

Indonesia: 4,8976.31 USD

Laos: 2,066.95 USD

Malaysia: 11,379.09 USD

The Philippines: 3,804.87 USD

Singapore: 84,734.26 USD

Thailand: 7,182.03 USD

Vietnam: 4,282.09 USD

Africa HDI (2022)

Kenya: 0.601

Nigeria: 0.548

Uganda: 0.550

Tanzania: 0.532

Senegal: 0.517

South East Asia HDI (2022)

Brunei: 0.823

Myanmar: 0.608

Cambodia: 0.6

Timor-Leste: 0.566

Indonesia: 0.713

Laos: 0.620

Malaysia: 0.807

The Philippines: 0.710

Singapore: 0.949

Thailand: 0.803

Vietnam: 0.726

Africa Under-Five Mortality (2020, Estimates):

Kenya: 29.8

Nigeria: 59.8

Uganda: 32.6

Tanzania: 36.4

Senegal: 45.7

South East Asia Under-Five Mortality Rates (2020, Estimates):

Brunei: 8.8

Myanmar: 31.7

Cambodia: 43.7

Timor-Leste: 31.7

Indonesia: 20.4

Laos: 45.6

Malaysia: 11.4

The Philippines: 20.0

Singapore: 2.3

Thailand: 8.6

Vietnam: 15.7




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