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As an african living in the states. I will say for development to take place in Africa - it needs dictators, not blood thirsty dictators but development driven
by dzonga 8y ago
As an african living in the states. I will say for development to take place in Africa - it needs dictators, not blood thirsty dictators but development driven ones. Hear me out:
1. Laws in Africa need to be simplified at the moment it's mostly common law from a colonial past.
2. Have a tax friendly system i.e reduce all taxes on local raw materials and unfinished goods are home based i.e trace origin to any African countries
3. How would a dictator solve this: Cutting unnecessary layers of bureaucracy that encourage corruption i.e the #1 problem in Africa
4. Preferably the Dictator(s) be homosexual i.e less likely to be corrupt as chances they won't have kids and therefor not driven by family needs. I double on this even as a straight black guy.
5. Make education free
6. Limit imported luxury goods i.e Mercedes that are so loved by politicians by taxing them heavily like Singapore does
7. Have a simple building code e.g All buildings less than 7 storeys to be built of wood. Encourages development faster plus enables countries to have sustainable forests. Deforestation and Global warming a big problem in Africa atm.
8. Encourage immigration of skilled foreign nationals by giving tax breaks e.g 10 years. We know humans learn best from other humans. See your colleagues.
- nine_k 8y agoSee, common law somehow worked for UK and US, but apparently is not applied constructively in some African countries with British colonial past. I'd say that bribery "for the family", and building government structures that facilitate bribery, is a part of culture, of what is seen as normal and proper. Changing that seems to be the key to economic success. So I very much agree with making education accessible (and elementary education must be free and lavishly dispensed on anyone needing it). I also agree with inviting highly skilled people from everywhere, so that their work culture could be emulated and built upon. Bribery can be overthrown with a concerted effort. There is an example of a small country named Georgia (not the US state), where corruption was utterly widespread and deep. They have mostly eliminated it. They had to take on some drastic measures, though, such as firing 100% of their traffic police, and even building police stations with glass walls, so as to make attempts at corruption inside them hard to conceal from onlookers.
- gumby 8y ago> See, common law somehow worked for UK and US, but apparently is not applied constructively in some African countries with British colonial past. > I'd say that bribery "for the family", and building government structures that facilitate bribery, is a part of culture, of what is seen as normal and proper. > Changing that seems to be the key to economic success. This was previously a core part of UK and US culture, and is still popular with some atavistic types.
- wernercd 8y agoThe problem with good Dictators - and dictatorships... is a good one is one step away from dying to a bad one.
- kazinator 8y agoIncluding being murdered.