[Cronos]

You compare the progress of Asia and even Latin America with Africa and it is shocking. 50 years ago Singapore, Japan and Korea were dirt poor nations recovering from war. Now they are 1st world nations. Malaysia is rapidly moving towards becoming that soon. Even the two giants: India and China are eradicating poverty (albeit slowly
) on their own. Since those two giants can do it on their own, it shows that all that is needed is public gumption.

[sure_fine]

You compare the progress of Asia and even Latin America with Africa and it is shocking. 50 years ago Singapore, Japan and Korea were dirt poor nations recovering from war. Now they are 1st world nations aren't they also listed on the newly released list of slave nations?

[NZerFromHK]

Japan was never really an Asian tiger. It has always been a developed country - since the days of Meiji Restoration and Fukuzawa Yukichi. In fact, defeat in WWII did make Japan impoverished but considering that Germany and Holland were in the same boat at that time, its economic recovery was a bit similar to where many Western European country went through in the postwar period.