Drastic action is
necessary, for nations to deliver improve living standards to its population,
driven by Data from Births to beyond Deaths, to adequately and efficiently meet
sustainable development requirements. A National Database, publicly accessible,
with its backbone of registered births, which is linked to all aspects of life;
Governance, Resource Preservation, Human Development, Infrastructure
Management, Economic Drivers, Fiscal and Monetary Policy, to calculate the best
use of resources.
Frontline data on Resource
Preservation; protecting life, limb and property, must be tracked and measured
based on historical results of strategies employed and tied into the National
Database. Border security and national peace maintained by the defense force
produces data on border weak points and illicit trade. While, the police and
prison services must maintain a criminal database to detect and monitor people
intent on breaking laws. Data on nature and manmade disasters is sourced from
numerous agencies, such as; the fire services and the meth office, assisting to
predict risks and prepare to limit losses.
Tracking data on Human
Development; healthcare, education, social services, community conditions,
sports, youth and gender issues, measured and tied into the National Database. A
healthcare database used to track wellness programs and schedule preventative
actions; vaccinations, clean up, spraying, to limit pandemics. An education
database used to monitor skill training at all levels and identify future needs
in the workforce. Data on all other social services must also be tracked and
analyzed to improve targeted deliveries and eradicate poverty.
Data on Infrastructure
Management is used to maintain existing waterworks, electricity, transportation
and communication networks beyond the asset’s life span and to plan facilities
to match future needs and feed back to the National Database. A water
management database anticipating qualities and treatments to meet demands.
Electricity generation and security of supply database to meet distribution
needs. Expansion of transportation and communication networks as driven by the
database. Housing requirements and other community services needed as the
population increases.
Collections for Economic
Drivers; Energy, Agribusiness, Manufacturing and Trade Industries, all geared
for export, to earn strong foreign currencies and pay corporate taxes, while
the Service Sector is gear to produce personal income tax, non-tax and capital
revenue are also key aspects, all must be tracked to anticipate market peaks
and lulls to forecast future revenue and linked to the National Database.
Enhancing Governance
by allowing every decision-maker; the president, the executive cabinet, the
parliament, the judiciary, statutory bodies and service commissions, to justify
proposals, based on the same trusted data, independent analysis and to project
attainable results.
It is this National
Database, with all its feeds, that should be used to prepare Fiscal and
Monetary Policy; the national budget and to set interest rates, from the
Auditor General report reconciled to the Treasury statement on the Exchequer
account. The national budget formed and adjusted to include recurrent
expenditure and development program cost across; Resource Preservation, Human
Development, Infrastructure Management, Economic Drivers and Governance, with a
five to ten year outlook.
Rationale
T.A.J & Associates Company Limited uses this occasion to comment on topics that have been covered, both academically and by the mainstream media, to add its opinion and point out investment opportunity, not to invoke any social action.