2.2.2.2. Obstacles to development
The development process encounters numerous barriers as discussed
by the author below:
According to World Bank (2000b:13) some of the most precarious
obstacles to development include poverty, hunger, diseases, lack of shelter and
illiteracy.
CREWE and HARRISON (1998:25) in dealing with the social
evolutionist paradigms which imply that societies progress through stages and
that development means movement from "tradition" to "modernity", provided that,
traditional culture is a development barrier.
Crewe and Harrison here, rightly view the rigidities to change
found in traditional cultures as constituting a strong setback in the process
of development.
MINECOFIN (2003:21-23) In Rwanda?s vision 2020 indicates that,
among the constraints hindering the process of development in the country are
the following
· The reduction of soil productivity and arable land per
capital mainly due to poor farming methods and land fragmentation;
· Landlockedness which leads to high import and export
transport cost and consequently high product price;
· Low levels of human resources development leads to
a serious shortage of professional and technical personnel thus deterring
development in different sectors of the national economy.
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