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In 2013 the Government of Benin appropriated funds for two large projects designed to increase the quality of life for all citizens. First, the routinely underfunded educational system received adequate finances so that all public primary schools could provide all-day kindergarten, or é cole maternelle in French. As a result, the youngest students of poor suburbs and rural villages would not be left out when local schools lack funds. Second, the Ministry of Communication and Technology managed the massive expansion of broadband internet access across the entire country. Previously, private internet providers only operated in major cities, but public investment paid for grid expansion and subsidized prices for poorer, far-off, and rural communities. The Ministry has promoted their project as bringing every Beninese student, farmer, and businessperson to global markets and information no matter their home community. What do you think of these policies? They sound like huge