:Title:    George Ayittey : TED Talk: Cheetahs vs Hippos
:Author:   Jim Carroll
:Date:     Sun, 26 Aug 2007 12:32:32 PDT
:Modified: Sun, 26 Aug 2007 12:39:09 PDT
:URL:      http://www.ned.com/group/econo-politics/news/0/

The inspiration for this group is a talk that I saw at TED recently where George Ayittey talks about the economic realities of Africa, and how the local governments are not set up to foster economic growth.

  http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/151

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I'd like to dissect the talk, and connect the parts to other sources in an effort to increase my understanding that I'm sure others already have.