"It is often said that Africa is doomed to underdevelopment due to history, geography, ethnicity, culture, climate, disease, drought or any other factor. But how do we know that it is not rather a matter of corrupt leaders destroying the possibilities of Africans with control, corruption and confiscation? Imagine that an African country had taken a different path after independence, had developed democracy, independent courts and freedom of the press, and had applied free enterprise, low taxes and free trade? Could it not have worked even there, even though the country may have lacked a coastline, mostly consists of desert and was hit harder than others by HIV/AIDS? In fact, there is one such country: Botswana in southern Africa. How did it work? Very well, thank you. In fact, better than in any other country in the world."