Center for Liberal Leadership

Hannah Asomaning

Even though there are some cardinal differences between liberalism and socialism, there is not much difference in the two systems in developing countries, Mr Kwesi Jonah, a Political Scientist at the University of Ghana said in an interview on Joy FM, a radio station in Ghana.

He stressed that there is not much difference between liberal and social democrats in the African political setting since developing countries are not entirely independent in deciding the approaches to their economies.

Mr Jonah explained that economic programmes in developing countries are handed down from Bretton Woods’ institutions, and this makes it extremely difficult for political ideologies to triumph, thereby eroding the impact of political ideology of governments in developing countries within their peculiar environmental circumstances.  Read more…