Chapter 1107 New Economic Policy
The Huai cuisine that Prussia Wang refers to, that is, Huai'an cuisine, is actually an important part of Huaiyang cuisine in the previous life. In fact, the four major cuisines in the Far East have a relatively short history. Of course, this is compared to the long history of the Far East Empire. Historically speaking, after all, the four major cuisines took shape in the Qing Dynasty.
Huai'an cuisine occupies an important position in the domestic cuisine of East Africa, mainly because the Far Eastern Empire introduced more immigrants from Huai'an. East African immigrants in the Far Eastern Empire were mainly centered on the Huaihai area, and Huai'an is inseparable from the Huaihai area just from its name. Prussia Wang's father is from Huai'an Prefecture, and Prussia Wang is actually a native of East Africa.
In response to the master's teachings, Anka nodded and agreed: "I will definitely not disgrace the master. Although my cooking skills are not good, it is enough. After all, I did not intend to get involved in the high-end market from the beginning. Instead, I started with the ordinary Starting from people’s needs, this cooking skill is enough.”
Prussia Wang: "It's good that you have this understanding. In fact, your cooking skills are not too bad, but it's just not enough to see in a place like the Berlin Hotel, so it might be good to go out and make a living." It’s more appropriate for you…”
A week later, Anka's small restaurant was successfully registered, and his restaurant is located not far from the Second Provincial Linen Textile Factory. This is actually the residence of his parents. He heard that his son wanted to open a shop, but Anka's parents actually disagreed. However, Anka insisted on going his own way, so Anka's parents could only "support" him. As a worker in a hemp spinning factory, his mother could also help with publicity, and his parents could also help after get off work.
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In Harare, there are many people who hold the same idea as Anka. A lot of photo studios, tailor shops, restaurants, and hotels have appeared in Harare for a while, and even those with financial means have opened quite a few. There are small scale factories.
Harare is just a microcosm of many cities in East Africa. The economic reforms of the East African government have affected many areas in the mainland, and the private economy has rapidly emerged in East Africa.
The characteristics of these private enterprises are their small scale and large number. Some of them even have no employees. The boss holds multiple positions, so he is actually a self-employed person.
Accompanying this is the expansion of management departments such as the East African tax bureau, police station, and fire department, mainly to deal with social unrest that may be caused by lack of management during the early economic transformation.
Ernst emphasized to government officials at the economic conference: "Reforms must be carried out step by step, and liberalization does not mean disorder. Of course, early policies must also be loose. As long as they do not go too far, you can turn a blind eye." Turning a blind eye, but turning a blind eye does not mean doing nothing. We must learn from experience and standardize it step by step in the future.”
“Our bottom line is to prevent large-scale criminal activities. If someone takes advantage of legal loopholes, we should write it down first and patch it next time.”
Ernst is very clear that the new economic policy in East Africa at the current stage is bound to give some speculators an opportunity to take advantage of it, but there is no way around it.
The Soviet Union and the Far Eastern Empire would have encountered similar situations in the previous world. However, the Soviet Union and the Far Eastern Empire made different choices, which led to two results. However, the initial stages of economic reform in both countries can be described as the collapse of social order.
At this point, it is almost unavoidable, so Ernst does not have high expectations for the East African government. As long as the general stability is maintained, things can be sorted out slowly in the future.
After all, the national conditions of East Africa are different from those of the former Soviet Union or the Far Eastern Empire. East Africa has no interference from external forces, so the East African government has plenty of time to slowly adapt to social changes.
Today's world structure is diversified. European and American countries have too much time to take care of themselves, and other countries are even less likely to provoke a big country like East Africa. Therefore, the external conditions for the implementation of East Africa's new economic policy are far better than those of the former Soviet Union and the Far Eastern Empire.
Non-key industries are key industries that are not related to the lifeline of the national economy. Although the New Economic Policy is implemented, the dominant position of East African state-owned enterprises and collective enterprises in the East African economy cannot be replaced at all. "The State Planning Commission must also make corresponding adjustments. Non-planned economic entities can also be guided in the form of policies to promote the healthy and reasonable development of our country's industries. This does not reduce the authority, but rather affects our ability and quality. Put forward higher requirements.”
The planned economy in the previous life did not actually disappear in the Far Eastern Empire, but had an impact on the national economic development in other forms, but it only went through a long period of exploration and adjustment.
The same is true for East Africa. This new economic policy is actually paving the way for future exploration of East Africa’s economic development model. It also means that the East African economy has once again begun to transform.
This kind of transformation is actually relatively unfamiliar to East African governments including Ernst. However, Ernst has experience in his previous life, so he is still confident in the implementation of the new economic policy.
If the economic system really becomes rigid, it will not be easy for East Africa to turn around. In that case, East Africa will only repeat the mistakes of the former Soviet Union.
Moreover, Ernst chose a relatively good time to carry out economic reforms in East Africa. During this period, smoke had begun to appear vaguely in the sky over Europe. Ernst could not confirm other places, but he was certain that the countries in the Balkan Peninsula were Ottoman's actions have begun in full swing.
So starting from next year, the attention of European countries will be focused on the Balkan Peninsula, and when the war on the Balkan Peninsula ends, a full-scale war in Europe may not be far away.
Therefore, in the next five or six years, whatever the East African government does domestically, it is unlikely to attract interference from external forces. This will greatly ease the pressure on East Africa to implement new economic policies.
Moreover, the outbreak of war in Europe will inevitably lead to prosperity in the international market, which is also beneficial to the development of new economic policies in East Africa. After all, economic development can cover up many problems. If the war in Europe breaks out, East Africa's domestic economic reforms, whether good or bad, will benefit from the international market. Making up for it will not delay the economic development of East Africa.
So the next few years will be an important period of opportunity for East Africa's economic development. If the total war in Europe develops like in the previous life, East Africa will not have to worry about economic problems for at least ten years.
Even if the European War ends, the European reconstruction can continue to maintain the enthusiasm of the international market in a short period of time. After the upsurge of the war economy has passed, it will not be too late for East Africa to make corresponding adjustments.
At this stage, Ernst is most worried about the implementation of the domestic New Economic Policy, which may trigger domestic social instability. Therefore, East Africa will expand the power of administrative departments such as the police to severely crack down on illegal and criminal activities that have bad consequences.
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With the advancement of the new economic policy, it has indeed caused huge troubles for the management of East African countries. People and money are dying, and birds are dying for food. After liberalizing the economic market, illegal and criminal activities did explode in a short period of time, as the East African government had foreseen.
This is mainly due to institutional and legal deficiencies. East Africa lacks experience in market economic governance, so there are many mistakes, but overall they are still within control.
As the new economic policy advances, the benefits are obvious. First, the urban population is accelerating. Flexible employment allows more rural people to work in cities. Although there is no establishment, there is no problem in supporting themselves. At the same time, the types of commodities on the market have increased significantly. , although most of them are products from small workshops, and the lack of supervision has also caused uneven quality, it is undeniable that the types of products have indeed increased, and the quality of the products is good or bad, and it cannot be generalized.
Finally, under the East African New Economic Policy, Austria, Germany, France, the United States, the United Kingdom and other countries have significantly increased investment in East Africa, which has greatly eased the financial pressure on the East African government. Among them, British investment has risen rapidly with the reconciliation of relations between the two countries, becoming a foreign investment one of the important source countries.
(End of this chapter)