Re: [GKD-DOTCOM] Can Technology and a Business Approach Make Globalization Work for the Poor?

2004-10-28 Thread Fola Odufuwa
Dear Colleagues, Roland Alden's recent contribution made very interesting reading. Some portion of his comments, especially those relating to the distance-annulling benefits of technology, aligns perfectly with a recent article I wrote for some newspapers on a related aspect of the theme which I

Re: [GKD-DOTCOM] Can Technology and a Business Approach Make Globalization Work for the Poor?

2004-10-28 Thread Ed Deak
Al, I just got onto this forum and may have missed a lot, but as a small organic rancher I feel you are ignoring a lot of pertinent facts when talking about farming, especially in so called developing countries. I live in the middle of British Columbia, Canada, considered the wealthiest country

Re: [GKD-DOTCOM] Can Technology and a Business Approach Make Globalization Work for the Poor?

2004-10-28 Thread Barbara Fillip
Dear GKD List Members, By business approach do we mean an approach that relies on market mechanisms? Have we failed to see that the poor represent an important market? For example, it's generally accepted that the private sector will only go so far in deploying IT infrastructure because some