Dear Colleagues, There was a point in my career when I used the newly invented spreadsheet technology to build village models. Because of memory constraints, I recall we had to use a lot of linked sheets! But the results were very interesting.
I am now rethinking these models...but instead of me doing the thinking, I thought I would ask you what village or community development models you are already using. My economic training was in the Keynsian school, and, over the years, I have tried to combine typical corporate thinking about business financial projections with Keynsian economic behavior (which in my view is very "pure" in a remote village environment). One of the things that is very clear, if the model truly reflects the Keynsian mindset, is that the sequence of development initiatives in any community is a big determinant of the outcome, and frankly, it explains why the relief mode for development investment does almost nothing to support development success. The sort of modelling I am looking for is a (much simplified) village version of the UN System of National Accounts developed, I believe, by Dr. Stone at Cambridge in the 1950s. The important essence of Dr. Stone's work was the idea that the assets of the entity (nation or village) should be in the equation...and of course, that is what corporate accounting does. I would be very interested to get some help in "modernising" my ideas about community economic modelling...and look forward to seeing what is now being done! Peter Burgess [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------ ***GKD is solely supported by EDC, a Non-Profit Organization*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe gkd OR type: unsubscribe gkd Archives of previous GKD messages can be found at: <http://www.edc.org/GLG/gkd/>
