Globalization and Public Relations in Postcolonial Nations: Chal ...

four times richer than the poorest one. In 1998 the gap was 20 to 1. And it is still growing (figure 2).

Postcolonial nations embody the same inequities, both within their populations and among the nations themselves. Economists consider India, a former British colony, one of the current global economic success stories despite its high poverty rate and low per capita income. Still, India is certainly much better off than most sub-Saharan African countries, many of which were also British colonies and where average per capita income has barely increased since 1960, if at all. These contrasting economic circumstances have given rise to differing economic discourses that have profound implications for globalization and public relations. We start by examining the economic discourse surrounding those at the top.