CAN MALAWI GET ON THE ROAD TO PROSPERITY?

I hate reading "Malawi is one of the poorest countries in the world," yet it is true. Those who have been given chance to lead Malawi have tried all sorts of tricks and tactics within their reach but have failed to make a break through leaving their subjects in abject poverty. So before answering the question of this article I need to first answer why Malawi is failing to get on the road to prosperity that it is still moving in a circle of the poverty trap.

Most commentators: political, economic, historical, etc have put the blame on various elements that stops our economic and social economic progress. Among the highlighted ones are colonialism that did not want natives to be empowered; dictatorship that stuck to retrogressive policies and banished rich families; education that some democratic leaders got dizzy and lost in macro-economic management; corruption that institutional managers  have not been the best in terms or merit in managing institutions but could better be used as vehicles for corruption thereby enriching participants mostly the elite; governance that the democratic system disrupts government strategies as each new regime overhauls senior government controlling officers at starts from scratch  and many more....

I believe Malawi need to address the following salient issues if it is to get on the road to prosperity

1. To motivate Malawians who are hard working in terms of industrialisation buy not milking them too much through horror taxes
2. Keep interest rates and inflation at minimum through sound economic management - any government regime that threatens this should be impeached
3. Malawians should be properly helped and encouraged  in undertaking joint ventures and partnerships to be able to make big investments in growth  potential areas locally or internationally
4. Help Malawians  to as much as possible penetrate the SADC, COMESA, AFRICA, EUROPE, USA and ASIA where they can either trade,  learn skills, do professional work etc so that Malawi can have a critical mass of wealthy people, economic and  policy influencers too.
5. Expose Malawians to motivational speakers
6. Help half of Malawians to learn above average ICT skills, to own and use them 
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The nation can better develop  and be lead by empowered citizens. When citizens are not empowered and majority live in abject poverty yet they vote and influence elections, politicians will always manipulate them to enrich themselves by always using the donkey and carrot tactics as this case in Malawi.