Go Top What are some of the tough choices?
The first tough choice is the decision to take tough choices. Leaders decide to set priorities for their countriesrather than avoiding or displacing them with externally imposed or suggested priorities. Not everything can be done at once, so choices must be made between competing priorities. It may require sacrificing some immediate economic comforts for a longer-term sustainable national development. Those choices include weighing: • The interests of the state as a whole versus those of individual communities, and individual rights versus the collective good. Inevitably, this includes managing dissent. • Immediate economic growth versus longer-term investment in human capital. • Choosing how to target resourcesshould the priority be to rapidly develop the skills and capacity of a minority essential for building and maintaining the functions of the state, or should most resources be spent on services for all and alleviating general poverty. • Navigating between helpful and risk-enhanci
