Dear Colleagues,
Once again I have mixed views.
I think that Jim Forster's point about the public sector role in
investing in part of the infrastructure for ICT is very important and
indeed important from a country's e-readiness perspective as well, and
that there is a clear similarity here with
Dear GKD Members,
Historical evidence suggests that technological developments of all
kinds can make improvements in the process, time management, convenience
for the consumer. However, to the best of my knowledge, no technological
innovation has demonstrated enhanced employability of the people.
Dear Colleagues,
I would place the question into a broader context:
For example, if we call 'S' the benefit to society (or the community) and
'I' the benefit to the individual (profit), any type of human action can
be grouped as follows:
S 0 and I 0 : social investment
S 0 and I 0 :
I agree fully that benefits must reach the very poor, whose greatest
need is often livelihoods. And you are right that globalization--on the
export platfrom model--has so far contributed little to such people. But
I do believe that when companies target poor communities as customers,
something
