Economic Overview of North Africa.
North Africa, West Asia, and Central Asia are basically a vast Islamic world, geographically connected, and the environment is similar, and it is an arid and semi-arid water-scarce region dominated by grasslands and deserts. North Africa includes Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, and indeed Western Sahara, which is also predominantly Arab. North Africa, a successful colony of the Arabs in ancient times, is now predominantly of Arab origin, with indigenous ancestry relegated to a secondary position. The Arabs and the indigenous peoples have become one, and the language, religion, blood, and culture of the inhabitants of modern North Africa have been Arabized and have become part of the modern Arab nation.
If one talent of the crowd is lower, the other talents may be higher, which is a phenomenon of talent equilibrium, suitable for all human beings. When it comes to the talent level of a certain content, everyone should be different, and it is normal to have differences. Saying that a certain race is low in economic or intellectual talent does not mean to be demeaning, nor does it have a sense of contempt, which means that the other talents of that race should be higher. This is something that I need to make before I discuss certain levels of talent among Arabs, who are a sensitive and influential group of people, and I do not want to argue about it.
The population of North Africa belongs to the Caucasians who live at low latitudes, and their intellectual endowment is somewhat lower than that of Caucasians in southern Europe, and somewhat higher than that of black people. Its economic endowment is lower than that of the Portuguese or Spanish populations, and under normal circumstances, its economic performance should be lower.
North Africa has a Mediterranean climate with a tropical desert climate, which makes it generally less densely populated. The less dense population brings with it a relatively high amount of natural resources per capita. However, the per capita possession of natural resources is relatively not particularly large, and the advantage of natural resources is not much. The affluence of North Africa is not greatly disturbed by resource factors, and the current level of economic development in North Africa is considered a normal level.
It is no coincidence that North Africa is basically the richest region in Africa, but it seems to be a given, because the level of economic talent of the population here is higher than that of the rest of Africa, which is the fundamental reason why North Africa is relatively wealthy in Africa.
Southern Africa is also relatively wealthy, and the relative affluence between the north and the south is an important feature of Africa's overall affluence. Southern Africa includes South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and other countries. It was originally a British colony, and now English is spoken. Southern Africa is rich because of the presence of a certain percentage of white immigrant descendants (not a particularly hot climate has led to the arrival of whites), which has helped to improve the economic talent of the region. Now Zimbabwe is in economic trouble, mainly because black leaders, influenced by Soviet ideas, carried out reforms of a socialist nature, which led to economic difficulties in the country. Pre-reform Zimbabwe, due to the inheritance of a better social system, the existence of a certain percentage of white colonizers, was a bright spot in the African economy.
North Africa was also influenced by Soviet ideas, and even parts of the region are still influenced by Soviet ideas. For example, Libya exports a lot of oil and should be very rich, but because of the economic thinking of the former Soviet Union and the large-scale development of state-owned enterprises, the actual economic level is not particularly high, and the degree of wealth does not match the oil resources it has.
Egypt is the most populous Arab country, it also has some oil, it also has the income of the canal, and it has not many resources per capita. The per capita income level of the Egyptian population is the most representative of the level of economic endowment of the population of North Africa. The affluence of the population of Egypt is similar to that of the lower and middle economic levels of Latin America, which basically indicates that the level of economic talent of the population of North Africa is slightly lower than the average level of economic talent of the population of Latin America.
North Africa faces southern Europe across the sea, has certain geographical advantages, and has great advantages in the development of export industry. North Africa does not need other natural resources, only human resources, import raw materials, develop export industry, you can achieve a relatively rich country. However, North Africa does not seem to have done so, which may be due to the combined conditions of North Africa that do not allow it. It may be that the policy does not encourage the development of such industries, or it may be the lack of talent or capital to build or manage factories, or it may be the lack of hard-working labor. According to the geographical location of North Africa, if there is an East Asian farming population living on it, the export industry will inevitably flourish. Far away from Europe and the United States, although it does not have geographical advantages, it has vigorously developed the export industry for Europe and the United States.
North Africa is a relatively secular Arab region that has been influenced by Western culture, which can be seen from the relatively low fertility rate in North Africa (although the fertility rate in North Africa is much higher than that in China, it is already relatively low in the Arab countries). The status of women and the level of urbanization have a decisive impact on fertility in North Africa. The low fertility rate indicates that North Africa is highly urbanized and that the status of women is not too low. Women in North Africa should be employable, which should be different from the employment status of women in the Gulf (Persian Gulf) region.
Europe has a large number of immigrants from North Africa, and a large number of North Africans have also migrated to the Gulf region (work), and migrant remittances have become an important income for the North African region**.