Dear Colleagues,
Both Allen Hammond and Cornelio Hopmann have raised very important and
"agreeably" controversial questions and issues. Perhaps one of the
questions is on the definition of "the poor". If I had to imagine the
kind of poor who have been termed, in places like here, as the poorest
of
In relation to Al Hammond's posting on 10/27/04, I think there is a need
to be more upfront about where ICT has a chance of working to alleviate
poverty and where it does not.
Citing examples from India (from where many of the ICT for Development
examples seem to come) and South Africa begs the qu
Dear Colleagues,
I am intrigued by this statement by Vickram Crishna:
> I mention these two examples only to show that the realities of social
> change are very very complex and shouldn't be simplified into
> 'corporate' vs 'other model' - such divides do not serve the purpose
> that are sought b
Vickram Crishna offers interesting insights--and I accept that the world
is more complicated and that boundaries are often blurred in practice.
How do we understand the recent marketing partnership between Care and
Hindustan Lever in rural India--is it business (yes) or social
development (yes)? No
Dear GKD Members,
A very interesting analysis has been raised. The two last e-mails from
Allen Hammond and Cornelio Hopmann were very interesting and with a
great amount of experience and knowledge.
Taking into account both points of view, for me it seems that as this
type of business and win-win
