Asia needs millions more long-term care workers to look after its ageing population. Fuelled by increasing life expectancy and falling total fertility rates, the number of people in Asia aged 60 or over will reach 1.3 billion by 2050.
Western nations have not acted in good faith when it comes to the supply of vaccines. Why should African nations think they will act differently when it comes to climate negotiations?
No previous rule-taker has improved their lot by taking the rules of the international system as they are. Perhaps it's time for Africa to start ignoring economic orthodoxy.