[The Conversation Africa] The economic growth paths of Asian and African countries have often been compared. China, with gross domestic product per capita of US$251 in 1987, was poorer than most African countries at the time. Uganda's GDP per capita was US$392, Zambia's US$319 and Ghana's US$354. Yet today China has GDP per capita of US$6,091 and it is the world's second largest economy. In Uganda, it is still only US$964.
