South Sudan's Economic Development: Country Analysis

Economic development is the progress of a country based on its social, political, and economic growth. It focuses more on improving the standards of living of the society by developing the health, education, employment, and economic policies of the country. The Philippines is still improving its economic development. A survey done by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) shows that during the last quarter of 2014 the Philippines unemployment rate

reached 27% which is equivalent to 12.4 million Filipinos (Flores, 2015). The lack of job opportunities impedes the Filipinos of having a chance to be able to acquire income, thus leading to a higher poverty incidence. From the year 2002-2007, 43.7% of Filipinos aged 12-15, which is the range for high school students, failed to enroll to schools (Sisante, 2008). This is caused by the financial struggle that most Filipinos are experiencing. The presence of these social issues …show more content…
The different ethnic groups give challenge to the government in managing all of the groups at once. The ineffectiveness of the government in delivering the needs of the groups makes it the people question the kind of government that they have. The concentration of power in the central government immobilizes the power of the local governments. To be able to address this problem, the government of South Sudan thought of a way where the citizens will be given participation in terms of social, political, and economic affairs (Kimenyi, 2012). South Sudan started the transition into decentralization which then resulted into Federalism. Through Federalism the local governments were given more power which was able to benefit the smaller groups because the government is now closer to the people. The governance for each of the ethnic group would be more effective since they are more knowledgeable of the culture and needs of the people they