Liger Economies

A liger is a cross between a lion and a tiger, a man made beast, in every sense of the word.

The infamous Liger

But what if we substituted the crossing for genetics for economies and combined the lion economies of Africa with the Tiger economies of Asia to create a beastly trading bloc and to reproduce their growth that brought them to the fringes of the most developing economies. With the strength of the African lion economies in primary products and natural resources combined with the manufacturing backbone provided by the Asian tiger economies (South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan) there is the potential to form a trading bloc beneficial to all, provided the right agreements are made. The tiger economies not only experienced rapid economic growth but along with their growth came an improvement in living standards, an objective that the tiger economies will want to achieve again and the lion economies will strive towards. 


However the liger is infertile so maybe forming a Liger economy trading bloc may follow the path of the liger and not reproduce the successes that were hoped for. In addition to this, the countries are not in a geographically advantageous position to form a trading bloc as transporting goods to and from Asia to Africa costly, unlike the European trading bloc where all trading partners are neighbours or relatively close.