Interesting! This section especially caught my eye, because it represents so many different forms of development all coming together to create (relative) prosperity:
Over my lifetime in the settlement, I have witnessed various changes. Medical health has tremendously improved. Now a lot can be done at the settlement health center compared to before. Many water points have been constructed and some of the boreholes have been changed to taps. Some people even have taps in their compounds. The education system has improved. Qualified teachers are being hired and now English is the official language used at school. Roads have been opened, linking the settlement to the nearest town, and the main mode of transport has changed from bicycles to motorcycles and cars. The markets are no longer empty. Very few people nowadays sleep in grass-thatched houses.
This paragraph includes healthcare, education, industrial development, technological advances, and improvements to the water system. It brings to mind what I know of the Millennium Village project, but with (perhaps?) more success. In this case, I’m not sure how many of these advances were centrally planned to be synergistic (vs. lots of small projects adding up over time, or the general effects of economic growth). I wonder which advances preceded others (roads probably help the markets stay full; has better health also enabled educational improvements?).
Interesting! This section especially caught my eye, because it represents so many different forms of development all coming together to create (relative) prosperity:
This paragraph includes healthcare, education, industrial development, technological advances, and improvements to the water system. It brings to mind what I know of the Millennium Village project, but with (perhaps?) more success. In this case, I’m not sure how many of these advances were centrally planned to be synergistic (vs. lots of small projects adding up over time, or the general effects of economic growth). I wonder which advances preceded others (roads probably help the markets stay full; has better health also enabled educational improvements?).