I agree strongly with much of what Stella Hughes says, and am especially
supportive of the idea that local ownership and capacity-building has to
be a cornerstone of any development initiative that does not perpetuate
dependency.
In response to the question on what specific critical factors lead
One of our USAID-funded activities that turned out to be an excellent
example of scaling up was the US/Brazil Learning Technologies Network
(LTNet). Former country project manager Eric Rusten, whose contact
information is on the contractor's web site
http://learnlink.aed.org/Projects/brazil.htm,
Sudhakar Chandra wrote:
This brings to mind something that the satellite radio outfit WorldSpace
is doing. The idea is brilliant, in my opinion. You basically buy this
satellite radio (approx. $70-100 depending on model). You also buy a
computer card to interface with the radio. For a fee
