I just heard that the government of Ghana has proposed to provide free school uniforms, shoes and menstrual pads for girls, to motivate them to go to and remain in school. It immediately reminded me of something I blogged almost two years ago. So I decided to share. It’s a long piece but please read and comment.
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Generally speaking every country wants to develop, or so they claim. Every human society would want to make progress. But unfortunately for many countries this goal remains elusive.
Poverty alleviation programmes, infrastructural development, skills development and many other programmes are necessary for progress in any society. But most often the question is not whether or not government should help make social services such as education and health affordable and available to all citizens, but how it should be done.
As it’s invariably the case, when it comes to making these important national choices–of what institutions to adopt or policy direction to follow–some countries get it largely right while others not so right. Why some countries get it right and others wrong I don’t know for sure.
Yet oftentimes the most important question in policy-making is what’s the best way to achieve shared goals. And herein lies the divide…
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