Based on the first milestone’s argument, South Sudan has encountered many challenges in determining the direction its economic development can tie to the description. As everyone might have learned from various social media and other areas, possibly from academic communication settings, South Sudan has been marginalized by the Sudan government for many decades since 1956 (Stop Genocide now 2023).

South Sudan’s population had denied appropriability, there was low distribution of education, and just a few here and there obtained basic elementary training, which continued until during independence on July 9, 2011 (World Bank 2023). Many public and private organizations, such as the World Bank, the United Nations, the USAID, the International Monetary Fund and many reasonably identified organizations, reside there, serving South Sudan.                            

Increasing low appropriability

A developing country like South Sudan requires a lot of time, energy and resources to increase the population’s knowledge and skills regarding adequate education. Few elementary schools, leave alone universities, particularly in Juba, for children to start learning primary education. In South Sudan, about three-quarters of locations may have one or do not have a single primary (elementary) school building to discuss economic development (UNDP 2023).

Although these organizations are reporting, the notion of development might be only in Juba, the capital of South Sudan. It is too early to predict that South Sudan gain a success story overnight for economic development. Todaro and Smith (2015) state that economic development requires more social knowledge to do big things. South Sudan continues to be bugged down by its internal conflicts from packets of rebels who refused to join the peace process signed early in Khartoum, Sudan, between warring parties.

However, examining the steps taken by South Sudan in trying to pursue to reach the level of development is accelerating the education level from primary schools (elementary) to colleges and universities across the country as it has stated early that there are major insecurity concerns, which make it challenging to move about. This strategy will promote viable economic development in which all citizens can access opportunities such as creating jobs or finding jobs.

South Sudan depends heavily on foreign aid and other assistance from churches and other nongovernmental organizations (UNDP 2023). Suppose these organizations continue to deliver assistance and foreign aid. In that case, development gradually improves, and the level of education will increase as many young people will acquire basic skills in the country. In a developing country, obtaining basic knowledge and skills will encourage youths to take responsible by giving awareness to the local communities. 

High Human capital

After the young generation gains adequate education, they can use the knowledge and skills they acquired to involve in social activities, improving the level of social interaction between the tribes. A well-educated population can produce enough labor force to create and develop strategies for promoting economic development in the country. By and large, the high human capital must accelerate economic growth in South Sudan.

The idea that the population obtains high technical and vocational training may be another objective to promote individual capabilities to crucial add-value to economic development. Economic development requires various plans, objectives and strategies that every citizen must understand from economic, social, political and agricultural perspectives in South Sudan.

Citizens must always know their actions can benefit their communities and the nation. Development cannot flourish if the communities are not involved in the process.

Recommendation

 The contemporary model of economic development that is suitable for the recommendation in this situation is the complementary model because its explanation stresses that when the action taken by one particular firm or agent increases, the incentives of other economic producers may take similar actions (Todora and Smith 2015). Complementarities include more investments in which the returns depend on the investment performed by other producers or agents in the country.

The complementarities discuss the presence of firms with specialized skills, and the availability of workers or employees with such specialized skills can promote economic development. For a developing country such as South Sudan that just gained its independence with a population that lacks or has a low level of education will be beneficial to the firms that want to invest.

Firms must first understand the level of knowledge and skills demanded and direct that specialized skills to developing human capital. The complementary strategies may increase and benefit citizens looking for employment and, therefore, will raise the living standard.

South Sudan has been demanding credible investors who understand that investment is not just to exploit but to improve over transferring knowledge and skills to local labor and facilitate economic development. From day one, the South Sudan government demanded more firms and agents to come and invest in South Sudan. Thus, the call coincides with the complementarity theory, as the earlier paragraph explains.

References

World Bank (2023). https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/southsudan/overview.

Stop Genocide Now (2021). https://stopgenocidenow.org/conflicts/south-sudan.

UNDP (2023). Skill for youth employability and social inclusion project (SYESI) 2021-2023: Success story. https://www.undp.org.

Todora, M.P. and Smith, S. C. (2015) Todaro, M. P. and Smith, S. C. (2015). Economic development (12th ed.). Published by Addison-Wesley Longman, Inc.