Economic Development In Africa

Economic development in Asia and Africa post-WWII? AP World History question?

My teacher recently surprised us with this essay question, instead of writing it, we discussed it in class. He’s definitely surprising us within the next few days to write it in class. It’s compare/contrast, but we also have to mention political and social aspects. I have education, political stability, access to health care, population, government, and a few other topics. I have my information, but I don’t know how to organize it. Should I have a comparing paragraph with only economic, then a contrasting, then combine social/political? I don’t know how to organize all this information and my teacher has been saying that we need to focus on the “Big Picture”. Certain points of these don’t apply to all of Asia or Africa, such as communism-North Korea is communist, while South Korea is not. Do you know how to organize this and put it in an outline? If anyone can give me a useful outline for this it would especially help me! Thanks.

A major link between the two is decolonization. After WWII both Africa and Asia gained independence (freedom).

One can identify a set of common characteristics that influenced all the independence movements across the Asian and African continents. One such characteristic is a common antagonist, namely Europe.

As new member states, Asia and Africa had a few characteristics in common;
*they were non-white,
*with developing economies,
*facing internal problems that were the result of their colonial past

which sometimes put them at odds with European countries and made them suspicious of European-style governmental structures, political ideas, and economic institutions. These countries also became vocal advocates of continuing decolonization, with the result that the UN Assembly was often ahead of the Security Council on issues of self-governance and decolonization. The new nations pushed the UN toward accepting resolutions for independence for colonial states and creating a special committee on colonialism, demonstrating that even though some nations continued to struggle for independence, in the eyes of the international community, the colonial era was ending.
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I’d paraphrase the introduction using the above info. Be sure you include the major countries so you can refer to them as one without it being cumbersome, i.e. Both Africa and Asia (if it’s southeast Asia, then say that was – just be sure).

After WW II, both Africa and Asia gained their independence. As newly decolonized states, Asia and Africa had a few characteristics in common in that they were both developing economies, each faced internal problems that were the result of their colonial past such as political instability, over population and poverty.

Phrase however you want and be sure you put the traits you are going to compare and contrast. I’d compare and contrast both at a time rather than one and then they other,
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A few transitional words to avoid redundancy:
Contrast: but, yet, however, nevertheless, conversely, on the other hand, still, at the same time.

Comparison: Similarly, likewise, in the same way, in comparison, in like manner

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