When ever I am on the TIG website I wonder how long it will take for youth, in my country and maybe elsewhere, to realize that they hold the future. For instance: Suriname is a developing country with a GDP of US$ 1.7 billion and a pupulation of 500,000 which makes US$ 3700 per capita. Actually not that bad, but you also need to consider that wealth is divided very unevenly. Suriname is ranked as the 17th richest country in terms of natural resources.
Still with all these positive figures many suffer poverty. It's also a fact that more as 70 % of the population lies between the age 0-30. however more as 90 % of the cabinet members, parlementarians and high ranked government officials are over the age of 40.

This means that young people are still not participating enough in the political system. What can be done to involve these young minds?
We need a new wind in our political system and only young people have enough drive to create such circumstances. The power of unity is underestimated!!!

I just recently came up with a theory that might give some new perspective on how to get developing countries out of their ever lasting missery. Developing countries are almost 100% former colonies of European countries. In those days the Europeans tried to run the colonies by their rules, laws and systems. Now here it is: When most of the colonies achieved their independence after world war II, they were left behind with loose administrative, social, economic and cultural links. The ex-colonies tried to fill in the missing links with their own visions on culture, administration etc... With that we now have in most of the developing countries a system that is for some part European and some part native. I believe that such a system will never work because a blend can sometimes work for the better, but in the way it happened in these countries most of the time: out of control. I also know that if we should believe my theorie, developing countries should try to replace the pieces that do not fit in the system with pieces that are more likely to adjust to the local circumstances. It is also true that the developed countries have great political and economical systems and that sometimes we could copy techniques, but still we have to adjust them to our own circumstances.

I would really appreciate it if You would reply to this blog and give me your views on this subject.