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From the Ted Talk by George Ayittey: Africa's cheetahs versus hippos

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And I'd like to show you a quick little video about the informal sector, about the boat-building that I, myself, tried to mobilize acrinfas in the Diaspora to invest in. Could you please show that? The men are going fishing in these slaml boats. Yes, it's an enterprise. This is by a local Ghanaian entrepreneur, using his own caiptal. He's getting no assistance from the gvnreonmet, and he's building a second, bigger boat. A bigger boat will mean more fish will be caught and landed. It means that he will be able to employ more Ghanaians. It also means that he will be able to generate wetalh. And then it will have what economists call external effects on a local economy. All that you need to do, all that the elites need to do, is to move this operation into something that is ecslnoed so that the operation can be made more effciniet.

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And I'd like to show you a quick little video about the informal sector, about the boat-building that I, myself, tried to mobilize ________ in the Diaspora to invest in. Could you please show that? The men are going fishing in these _____ boats. Yes, it's an enterprise. This is by a local Ghanaian entrepreneur, using his own _______. He's getting no assistance from the __________, and he's building a second, bigger boat. A bigger boat will mean more fish will be caught and landed. It means that he will be able to employ more Ghanaians. It also means that he will be able to generate ______. And then it will have what economists call external effects on a local economy. All that you need to do, all that the elites need to do, is to move this operation into something that is ________ so that the operation can be made more _________.

Solution


  1. government
  2. wealth
  3. capital
  4. efficient
  5. africans
  6. enclosed
  7. small

Original Text


And I'd like to show you a quick little video about the informal sector, about the boat-building that I, myself, tried to mobilize Africans in the Diaspora to invest in. Could you please show that? The men are going fishing in these small boats. Yes, it's an enterprise. This is by a local Ghanaian entrepreneur, using his own capital. He's getting no assistance from the government, and he's building a second, bigger boat. A bigger boat will mean more fish will be caught and landed. It means that he will be able to employ more Ghanaians. It also means that he will be able to generate wealth. And then it will have what economists call external effects on a local economy. All that you need to do, all that the elites need to do, is to move this operation into something that is enclosed so that the operation can be made more efficient.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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traditional medicine 3
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hippo generation 2
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internet discussion 2
african countries 2
african people 2
african economy 2
informal sector 2
traditional sector 2
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family system 2
mobilize africans 2
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instigate change 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
extended family system 2

Important Words


  1. africans
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  4. boat
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  6. building
  7. call
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  9. caught
  10. diaspora
  11. economists
  12. economy
  13. effects
  14. efficient
  15. elites
  16. employ
  17. enclosed
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  19. entrepreneur
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  21. fish
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  23. generate
  24. ghanaian
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  26. government
  27. informal
  28. invest
  29. landed
  30. local
  31. means
  32. men
  33. mobilize
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  35. operation
  36. quick
  37. sector
  38. show
  39. small
  40. video
  41. wealth