Dear Colleagues,
It would be good if we could agree on a few details.
1. The "poor" seem to cover a range of peoples. Some are so desperately
poor that any kind of direct ownership, or even use, of ICT is
impossible.
2. Simply because "ownership or direct use" of ICT is not relevant for a
certai
Bettina Hammerich and Jim Forster both make useful points. Of course,
markets don't attend well to everything. But the core of providing
useful services at prices people will pay--and the market discipline of
listening to customers that Forster underscores--is a strength of the
business approach, o
Dear GKD Members,
I would like to add to Meddie's comments with a couple of things that
have worked well for us in Guatemala. I would also like to describe a
dilemma I am going through on the issue of profitability in a NGO.
With the help of USAID/AED/EDC and World Learning, we have set up 28
sch
Dear Colleagues,
I find the discussion fascinating. I am learning. Thank you all that
have shared and that have written me privately.
I, for one, am overcome by the question of the alleviation of poverty in
all its facets and am especially overwhelmed by questions about urban
poverty. I know in t
