Constructing Cost -Effectiveness in Development

I am from a poor background myself, and I know poverty and even extreme poverty in Senegal. I have spoken to poor women and I state clearly that in Senegal, one can use a [large] amount of money to celebrate a birth or a wedding, even in the most disadvantaged milieus. I think that there is a minimum of motivation that one needs in order to learn. To the person who says that he or she cannot use 2500 FCFA to become literate, I say that he or she doesn’t have the minimum of motivation to learn. I know that even in the poorest areas of Senegal, one can mobilize 2500 FCFA. For me, this money does not constitute a real participation in the program, because it represents a negligible part of the costs, but it constitutes a proof of the participants’ interest in the course.We could eliminate this fee, since it is such a small part of the overall cost … It is like the cost of a newspaper; if it is free, people do not read it, and if it costs something, then the person who buys it will read it (Civil servant).