How hard is it basically to supply the demand/need of the people? It is not rocket science.
Example, Village X has 100 people, 30 adults, 70 children. Has no running water, electricity, constant food shortage, zero security, no infrastructure, no healthcare, no school, dead economy and so on. So why doesn't the government or people get together ask what they need and FRICKING built it. Allocate the resources to task and just do it. Built the infrastructure, schools, hospitals, subsidize agriculture, create a balance economy, and create healthy industrial relations.
I know my example and reasoning sound crude and simplistic but I starting to think it should be. Just look around the world, China is building ghost cities to prop up its economy, Arab nations building cities/towers for the prestige and you have Israelis creating vibrant cities in the middle of the desert.
I have been reading numerous African forums regarding the development of Africa.
Many Africans have their theory in how we should develop and they give complicated theories. They use buzz words such as manufacturing led development, private sector growth, business confidence, Keynesianism and talking changing the people mentality. Which is all good but is meaningless when nothing is actually being done.
Also with information out there today, being dams, roads, power stations and hospitals shouldn't be that difficult. Look at the utter ease at the quality of hospitals Turkey is building in Xamar,
excellent question.
people need to ask these questions and when they sincerly look for answers they will discover that the answer is yes.
It is very simple and straight forward.
The main problem is education and ignorance and misinformation.
The most misinformed are those who are ironically trained as economists, they have been brainwashed by the powers that be (financiers/banking insterests) to think in a certain way, like a religion.
for example one thing that is not addressed and people are kept ignorant of is money.
What is money? what is the nature of money and where does it come from?
does it come from aid? does it come from exports?
this is the main question and once you understand this you will have your answer to development.
Now in you scenario this village has no money but it does have resources, it has people who can provide labour,
they have land, they have water.
how do you get all these people to work and build houses , clean water, etc etc with no money?
You do what banks do, you create it out of thin air and back it by the goodwill and trust of the community.
the money circulates and you have allot of work done, goods and services sold.
you can call it complimentary community currency and there are allot of examples around the world.
This can be scaled up and the entire cities, regions, states and countries can play this game , which they do infact when they create state owned banks.
Publicly owned banks are the secret of Japan and chinas economic success.
Its also the secret of the US development too, when they got their independence.
