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There’s nothing racist about stating that strong institutions and rule of law lead to economic success.

It’s an obvious truth, which many Africans reject for some reason. I’m Nigerian, and my country is a clear example of how excessive corruption and dependence on a natural resource (oil) makes a country mediocre.



Dan Rogger published an interesting paper 13 years ago digging into this from a Civil Service standpoint [0]

Some of the recommendations were implemented, but it's still very much a work in progress.

[0] - https://www.danrogger.com/files/survey%20reports/Nigeria%20C...




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