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tim333 on July 8, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: African leaders launch landmark 55-nation trade zo...

Forfeiting your land isn't good but selling some for a fair price and using the money sensibly can be one of the fastest ways of getting wealthy.

electriclove on July 12, 2019 | [–]

Selling your port? https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/world/asia/china-sri-lank...

pinkfoot on July 12, 2019 | [–]

And conversely - as many an African government likes to demonstrate - refusing to honour the title deed after the sale of the land is the best known way to get really poor, really quickly.

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