Dear Colleagues,
I have big concerns about using Rostow's five stages of development as
the base paradigm for this discussion (the original title of his work
was The Stages of Economic Growth: A Non-Communist Manifesto so it is
clear where his politics lay). Many authors refuted his theories in
crawl, walk, run, fly... leap-frog ... cheetah-polevault
Happy New Year Everyone!
I have been following the rich deliberations that have been going on in
this forum. Thanks to EDC for making it possible. I have gained a lot
from it.
It might not be appropriate to dwell on the above topic amidst
Dear GKD Members,
Its been a while since this was originally posted but in relation to
current discussions, I wanted to add this response to the original
comments by Femi Oyesanya.
The comments relate to the Interesting parallel between this Nigerian
government proposal and the Unity Center
In addition to David Sawe's noting that shortcuts can occur in
technological development, and that there is not only one linear path of
progress that all must doggedly follow, his posting contains another
interesting point that should perhaps be emphasised. The 'death of
distance' means that those
This is an interesting conversation and I see the points from both
sides. I think Ken is right in questioning the idea that you cannot as
Tim says skip the first three stages and go straight to flying.
I want to make an important distinction here between infrastructure
approach and readiness and
Dear Colleagues,
Well it seems that this particular chicken-and-egg problem is rather
multi-dimensional. Hence there is need to include, in addition to
crawl, walk, run, fly, some provision for leap-frog and indeed even
cheetah-polevault where that may be possible. In this case, Nigeria's
What is the phrase crawl,walk, run, fly. It sounds like someone in
Nigeria wants to skip the first three stages and go straight to flying.
On the other hand there is a chicken and egg problem here to mix
metaphors. Why train/educate people in basic sciences if there are no
jobs for them to apply
