Deja vu all over again

Plus ca Change

In 1938, the British government commissioned a survey of colonial Africa (the “Hailey report”).  Some of its findings and recommendations are listed below and compared to the 2005 UN Millennium Project report.  

h/t First Things

Now, it might be argued that after 1938 the British government was distracted by events in Europe and that after these events no European country was economically capable of doing anything for another ten years while the damage was repaired and the infr...