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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