Future Namibia - Solving Economic Challenges
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 พ.ย. 2024
- In my book, Future Namibia, I hope to objectively evaluate Namibia’s economic problems in terms of Namibia’s realities. I read a very interesting piece on “Solving Africa’s Commercial Poaching Pandemic” by Ron Thomson and use his analogy below in relation to our economic problems.
“To begin to solve the problem we have to identify its real causes. This can be likened to the approach to the AIDS pandemic. In AIDS, like in economics, there are two levels that must be looked at. The underlying or “proximate” cause of an AIDS patient’s death - even though he dies of pneumonia or TB - is his primary infection with HIV. Pneumonia and TB - the “ultimate” cause of death - can be treated with modern medicines; but they do not work when the patient’s immune system has been destroyed by HIV. You cannot save an AIDS patient’s life by treating only the ultimate disease unless the proximate cause of the illness is removed.
In this book I have used a wide variety of experiences and quotes from other people around the world that I think can influence and shape our future direction. Not only have I researched the history of countries and economic policies, where possible, I have also consulted with experts in various fields to provide specific solutions which we can use in Namibia. (While doing my research for this section of the book I spent a lot of time on research and quite a bit of time reading through some of the Ancient Greek philosophers. I especially enjoyed reading “A treatise on Government” by Aristotle and would suggest it to any reader. These, and others, I got free of charge from the Project Gutenberg - over 25,000 free books available online. )
These lessons and advice has been added to my experience and is summarised as policies for a future Namibia at the end of the book