Relying on a recently published book titled "In Spite of the Gods" by Edward Luce, this article attempts to draw some lessons for Uganda from the economic organisation of post-independence India, initially organised around policies of import substitution (Mohandas Gandhi's handspun and homespun cotton substitute for Manchester-manufactured, imported yarn), self-reliance and tight state control....
The bigger question, though, is this: As a former British colony, with a decent higher education system (at least prior to recent changes), our economy is more akin to India than China. Yet we seem determined to follow a China-type model of development. Is this wise? Are not government policies (such as not teaching English until Primary Four) in a world where English is the coin of the globalised realm misguided?
-Uganda: Country Must Learn From Indian Lesson
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