If you were in charge for just one day, how would you manage its economy?
Take the seat of Finance Minister of Fuela, an African country that's recently received $10 million Fuelan Dollars from its oil; with only four policy areas competing for the funds, which area will you invest in?
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Vee W - 16 July 2019 5:42pm
Gosh, well that was another 10 minutes im not going to forget in a hurry! You ask me to make a choice , to do a role, to assign funding so as to enable sustainability within Africa for its future.... No wonder Africas in the ****....with this sort of guidance ! How could a reall people person give this guidance ....Solar energy folks ...not like youve not got enough money now to do it for the future so Africa becomes self sufficient ~ its a no brainer ..then Everything works around that.
Vee W - 16 July 2019 6:02pm
Moreover, One found that one could not complete the exercise unless you stuck to one of your four choices, which in my humble opinion was not 'choice' nor was it supporting independent thinking.
Please excuse the dylexia spelling.
Many thanks for this opportunity, just a shame one cannot do to ones capacity. :)
OpenLearn Moderator - 19 July 2019 10:28am
Hi Vanessa,
Thank you very much for contacting us. We have taken your feedback on board and very much appreciate your message.
With best wishes, OL Moderator.
Vee W - 4 August 2019 1:24pm
Thank you :)