So what if 45% of the GDP comes from oil production? What's the % for Kuwait or Saudi Arabia? In any case, this was not true before 1975, and all my references are to pre-independence Angola. At that time oil production was just starting and did not play a major role. If anyone has any doubts about what I wrote earlier, please ckeck at www.angola.org (basic facts / economic potential). This is an official Govt. of Angola site. See the number of times they refer to 1975 and before as a reference to their economic potential. They claim their country was in 1975 (under Portuguese rule) the world's 4th largest producer of coffee and diamonds, a major mining producer and was sefl-sufficient in agriculture. Angola was a major exporter and had a huge trade surplus, year after year. So why are you insisting on the present-day state of affairs? Don't you think Goanetters are well informed enough about what happened to Angola and Mozambique after their independence from Portugal? In any case, Angola's literacy rate in 2000 (according to figures in that official site) was 49 %. Is that bad compared to India's 58%, after 56 years of independence? I don't think so, it is India that earns negative points on that, not Angola!
I doubt that 85% are engaged in subsistence farming, since millions had to abandon the fields and flock to the cities during the civil war, living off the handouts from international agencies. But even if that is true, so what? Isn't it a fact that the vast majority of Indians are subsistence farmers too -"poor guys"?
What has the size of a population to do with economic growth rates? Is population size (when it is big) an obstacle to growth or rather a plus factor? Since you had a lough, "this guy" (peculiar kind of language) would like to know how China, with its mamoth population, at least 200 million bigger than India's, has been growing at double-digit rates since the late 70's, making India look like a dwarf next to a giant, and causing great psychological pain to Indians (for very good reasons). There are causes for your "hindu rate of growth" (it is economic jargon, no offense to hindus), but size of the population is not one of them! That's misinformation.
Rui Collaço
Lisbon
From: "gilbert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Goanet]Goa v/s Other Portuguese colonies... Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2003 11:35:26 -0000
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Rui Collaco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Angola's growth rate > was about 9% p.a. (something India has never managed). ---------------------- True, but Rui forgot to mention that 45% of Angolas GDP comes from oil production and most of the rest from diamonds, gold and forest produce. As much as 85% of the population is involved in subsistance farming--poor guys. And then a comparison is sought to be made with Indias growth rate, inspite of the fact that Indias poulation is close to a hundred times Angolas! What a laugh. And this guy blames others for misinformation. But this is the goanet, so I will not post anything more about Africa. regards, Gilbert.
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