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MAHATMA GANDHI  (1869 – 1948) Mahatma Gandhi and the dignity of labor! Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, the foremost anti-colonial nationalist and socio-political leader with strong ethical values. Gandhi led the non-aggressive resistance for the successful campaign that led to India's sovereignty from British rule and was to later inspire the global movements for civil rights and freedom. Gandhi was very concerned and critical about ethics and was devoted to moral principles that govern human behavio r. He believed in the dignity of labor, and that one respects all jobs equally and does not consider one job superior to another. Gandhi believed in the respect for labor and positions in the workplace. Mahatma Gandhi had the usual desire for justice and equality, and he was motivated by a strong ethical value of right and wrong. He was very principled, empathetic, warm-hearted, and supportive. The dignity of labor is the philosophy that all types of jobs and...

  Hello Africa, Deficit spending, in most countries in the continent, is a function of the excess of budgeted revenue of funds usually raised by borrowing rather than from fiscal measures. Since the last century, Africa has been grappling with the numerous challenges of generating enough revenue needed for infrastructural development. Sourcing funds for infrastructural development has been a standard development policy in most African countries. A large portion of the total debt incurred by most African countries is channeled toward infrastructural development. Infrastructure is the basic physical and organizational systems, structures, and facilities, such as electricity, educational and health, roads, bridges, and buildings required for the working of any nation.   Human resources, and basic equipment needed for the running of any society also constitute infrastructure. The role of infrastructure in national development cannot be overemphasized. Infrastructure enables tr...

Hello Africa, Education is the most powerful transformative force to build the world of tomorrow. It is the  very essence of achieving sustainable economic development. Education raise people’s productivity,  innovation, and creativity and promotes technological advancement. Many scholars of human development, agree that education, in every sense, is one of the fundamental factors of development. Source: Education Finance Watch 2022, World Bank Group Africa has been grappling with the consequences of low human capital, with a  huge population, she has experienced low levels of skills and institutional development. Most resource-rich developing countries of Africa lack the necessary expertise to build the required human capital for productivity growth. Harbison (1973) indicates that human capital formation is the process of acquiring and increasing the number of persons who have the needed skills, education and experience which are critical for the economic and political d...

Hello Africa Social and economic inequality have been identified as the major cause of social issues, and societal troubles and challenges in Africa. Some scholars see inequality as a positive and fair outcome and feel that as long as people are able to live a just and decent life, inequality is not a problem to the society. The argument is that the best way to make unequal things equal is to completely breakdown the fabric of the society, by eliminating the wealth of the rich and make everyone poor. Inequality is characterized by the existence of unequal rewards for the different social classes and positions within individuals or society. Inequality includes recurring models of unequal allocation of goods, opportunities, and incentives. Social inequality includes the existence of unequal rewards and opportunities for varied classes and social groups or society.     Inequality in Africa: Source, World Bank (2018) The most used method of economic inequality is the Gini Co...