[My apologies for cross-posting.] http://www.gapminder.org/world A useful site loaded with statistical and historical data about the development of the countries of the world. A few things to try out: - visually compare growth trends between Africa and the rest of the world, in particular S.E Asia - narrow down to Kenya's stats: visualize growth/shrinkage trends for some key indicators: for this list, probably: income per person, urban pop. as a % of total pop., female labour force, mobile phone + internet per 100 people, primary school completion of boys + girls etc etc - play around with the X- and Y- axes, plot the data against each other, and against time. Then correlate with significant events in Kenya's history. What stood out for me (caveat: I'm no economist/statistician) 1) the number of medical doctors per 1,000 people has pretty much stayed constant since independence 2) where are the youth in Kenya? (the number of children and elderly per 100 is still quite high. Compare with Japan's figures - they have the opposite problem). 3) (female labor force as a % of total) vs (income per person): female workforce has been declining while income p.p has been more or less the same. 4) ... a lot more for your slicing and dicing. Regards, saidi