Governance and Development Challenges (summary): The majority of challenges loom in the extremely low rates of literacy within the Government and Civil Service. The country has a high agricultural potential but relies strictly on rain-fed subsistence farming and the output falls significantly short. Conflict and population displacement place additional stress on Sudan's limited resources and cause a greater need for humanitarian services. The lack of government revenues until they can export oil again places more strain on the diminished development funding. High level corruption is a major issue. In 2012 there was a disappearance of over $1 billion dollars. The money could not be accounted for by the government. The challenges facing the government are great, and it's capacity is limited. Among its many tasks are adopting a permanent constitution and transitioning to fully elected national and local governments, as required by the current transitional constitution. The development of legal and regulatory frameworks to protect basic rights and freedoms, such as freedom of speech, and to address issues of property ownership and labor rights, may serve as important benchmarks for donors and investors alike.
Reflection: There are countless issues with the Sudanese Government. It is obviously very evident that something must be done, yet, the United States has attempted to intervene and offer assistance and nothing has been accomplished. It is obvious that something MUST be done about the fact that a large quantity of their Government and Civil Service members are lacking the proper literacy to even function a country in the first place. Next, they continue to rely on rain-fed subsistence farming and if they do have a high agriculture potential as this article states (I'm not sure in what) but that needs to be exploited because the current way of doing things is not going to work any longer for the people of Sudan. I'm not exactly sure why they are not allowed to export oil anymore but if they were I am positive that would have a great impact on their economy and generate a lot of much needed revenue. There must be prevention of scandals dealing with billions of dollars going missing. If a Sudan wants to recover from the terrible state that they are currently in, these things can not be happening. The country seemingly must start from the beginning and establish the legal and regulatory government framework to protect basic rights, and establish a permanent constitution. Then, they can begin addressing other issues.
Interesting about the oil exportation. Do they have great reserves they could export? Have other nations tried interventions?
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