It is not clear to me how the main article relates to the introduction. Indomie is an Indonesian company, whereas Tolaram is based in Singapore (but with some roots in Indonesia). Indomie, with its pros and cons (tasty, but not very nutritious and requires imported wheat instead of domestic rice) has not been the main driver of growing prosperity in Indonesia or Nigeria, both countries being examples of the middle income trap with elements of the resource curse. Is the article suggesting that South Korea found prosperity through exporting noodles? That is not my understanding of history.
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BY Dominic Elson
ON May 8, 2019 05:07 AM
It is not clear to me how the main article relates to the introduction. Indomie is an Indonesian company, whereas Tolaram is based in Singapore (but with some roots in Indonesia). Indomie, with its pros and cons (tasty, but not very nutritious and requires imported wheat instead of domestic rice) has not been the main driver of growing prosperity in Indonesia or Nigeria, both countries being examples of the middle income trap with elements of the resource curse. Is the article suggesting that South Korea found prosperity through exporting noodles? That is not my understanding of history.