ECONOMIST  |  Asia

Asian “nepo babies” are dominating its politics

A man walks past a wall with images of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed in Dhaka, Bangladesh

2024-04-04    

Political dynasties are not new. Nor can Asia claim a monopoly on them. They have shaped nearly every continent. Yet it is hard to think of an Asian country unsullied by them. Nowhere else is the case so assiduously cultivated by dynasts and their fans that power passed down by families is the best guarantor of social peace and spreading prosperity. This profoundly mistaken claim has egregious effects on the region’s economies and their ability to grow.

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