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Re:Marwa Elselehdar: 'I was blamed for blocking the Suez Canal' by wunderflix on Sunday April 04, 2021 @10:02AM (#26689449)
I remember a Ted talk saying that China grew much faster than India not because of any infrastructure advantage they had. But because of stronger role women play in the work force.

https://www.ted.com/talks/yasheng_huang_does_democracy_stifl...

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Re:Marwa Elselehdar: 'I was blamed for blocking the Suez Canal' by renewiltord on Sunday April 04, 2021 @10:44AM (#26689810)
There was something I read once about the Arab world failing to use 50% of its workforce efficiently being a reason for slower development. An interesting hypothesis for sure.
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