Social Development is Economic Development(2) / Kim Ami


1.     Summary

However, the author says that social investment does not guarantee economic growth. This means that just investing in people and social development is not enough. Investing in social programs and making them work is not simple, political or technical. Because social development investment is an investment in the poor, it is politically sensitive. Also, it is not easy for social programs to operate efficiently, prompting the government to hesitate to inject scarce resources into programs that operate. In response, the author believes that it is helpful to increase understanding and transparency of how public funds can be used and used in all societies. In fact, some countries have shown that they are implementing social services within reasonable budgets, with emphasis placed on universal access to basic services such as primary education, primary health care and family planning, and they relied on private and community initiatives rather than on the highly centralized public sector.

2.     Interesting point

The interesting part was that some countries that succeeded in social development relied on community initiatives rather than on highly centralized public sector. I thought that a commitment to the private sector would lead to a greater cost burden, which was different from that, which was impressive.

3.     Discuission

In the article, the investment in social development is an investment in the poor, which it says is politically sensitive. So, how can we solve this?

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