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Here's Ruto's huge chance to improve governance quality

President William Ruto. [PCS]

One the most important features of Chinese economic development was subnational effectiveness at promoting growth.

China achieved this outcome via two channels. First, the national government set specific targets and made it clear for subnational leaders that they would be evaluated on the basis of economic performance.

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