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Sub-Saharan Africa by the numbers : Comments
By Steven Meyer, published 15/8/2012Why did development in sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia follow such different paths?
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According to Lynn and Tatu, significant correlations with higher average national IQ exist for a number of factors, including GDP per capita.
The claim that genetic differences are, in the very least, partially responsible for the post-colonial developmental gap between East Asian and sub-Saharan African countries may be a controversial argument but it is not one that can be easily dismissed.