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You look at the extraordinary gap in per capita income that exists now, what that tells me is that there were a lot of opportunities lost, and we can't afford another 40 or 50 years in which Africa loses those opportunities.

Context

Obama emphasizes the lost opportunities in Africa's development and the need to address income disparities.

07/18/2009

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