More importantly, the challenge for Africa is to maintain and expand its market share in Asia through strategic, competitive and targeted export drives. 6. Social policies  One characteristic feature of the Asian economies has been their ability to combine many aspects of the Asian culture with acquisition of the highest technical skills and to participate effectively in the globalization process.
Although several studies have alluded to uniquely Asian policies that: (a) have enhanced employee loyalties to Asian corporations; (b) emphasized Asian management systems; (c) enhanced a culture of high saving; (d) maintained strong social support systems; etc., it is still very difficult to tackle the concept of culture within economics.