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South Korea and Taiwan began their miracles with far more schooling than their income implied, and African states with far less.

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  1. Oliver Kim

    Development economist and economic historian who writes…

    At independence, South Korea and Taiwan had far higher rates of primary education than most of Sub-Saharan Africa.

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    ↗No, South Korea Was Not Poorer Than Kenya in 1960global-developments.org

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