development is slow...
Just finished reading Easterly’s book “the Elusive Quest for Growth.” The more I understand about development, the more problems I see…
Why pay for education if there are no jobs? Why give out free condoms if there are no incentives to use them? Why give out loans if there is no incentive to pay them back? Easterly also explores technology, corruption, government policies, luck, and discrimination.
While reading this book, I was able to relate to so many topics he discussed… the kids working at the omelet shack who can’t afford school fees… the terrible roads that were supposed to be fixed years ago (but the money disappeared)… the insane number of kids everywhere…
It was an interesting book filled with numbers and statistics to back his theories, but I think that development is in the hands of its people. Neither education nor condoms will increase wealth here without people taking an initiative.
Looking forward to reading “White Man’s Burden”…
