It seems, i just found thout a struggle, that the growth story is a story round european, a mega growth. And which has not been reflected in in tet's just africa, just an example. There were some areas where agriculture was could have been of the type that ou describe. But nevertheless, something appears to happened that it has meant that all the nations of that continent were stuck in a low growth situation. That's where i slightly struggled with, how can i understand your thesis? So te tesisis broaden tat.
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