The proposed layout of Juba
Friday spotlight is a bit late again: I blame the economics homework referenced in the earlier post.
Ahead of the January referendum on independence, South Sudan has unveiled an ambitious plan to remake their major cities in the shapes found on each regional flag. Juba, the capital, is to be made into a rhino, and two other cities are planned to look like a giraffe and a pineapple (question: why would there be a pineapple on a Sudanese flag?). The proposed construction is estimated to cost $10 billion (the per capita income in South Sudan is $2,300 and the entire government’s budget this year was barely $1.9 billion).
Many South Sudanese statesmen have noted that “funding is a concern.”
