I n 1966 Botswana’s future looked grim. On the eve of its independence from Britain the country had 12km of paved roads, a hundred secondary-school graduates and a gdp per person that was half the average in sub-Saharan Africa. Today it has the highest average income on the African mainland, save for the odd petrostate. And it has always been a democracy.
1966年，博茨瓦纳的未来看上去很严峻。在远离英国独立的前夕，该国拥有12公里的铺装道路，一百名中学毕业生和每人的GDP，这是撒哈拉以南非洲平均水平的一半。如今，它的平均收入是非洲大陆的最高收入，除了质质质量外。这一直是民主国家。
