We should also be interested in rates. Is India's poverty rate decreasing faster than that of Africa's? I think that the middle class is rising fast in India, and it's not only the top classes who see an increase in incomes. Like Nepal, India's biggest problem is corruption. They have one thing on their side - their biggest strengths - brains... The IIT's have done an awesome job in increasing the scientific and technological knowledge in India. I don't know if it's true - but a video I saw recently stated that "India has more smart kids that the US has kids (IQ must have been used to measure smartness). India has a lot of potential for the future. Whereas, Africa, has so many states that are close to failing - that are in the list of The Bottom Billion countries!!! (Sad thing for us though - The writer of this book talked about Nepal several times in the book).