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My Cow Wears a Necklace
So I’m travelling in India, and thinking that this would be a good time to buy a gold necklace. After all, there is probably no country in which there is as much investment in gold jewelry as in India. But … Continue reading
The poor pay more for their food, and they work harder too…
Hunger in Africa has been on my mind recently. FAO has been reporting that food prices have spiked to record levels. Worse, reports of famine in Somalia have been circulating – real true famine with people not just hungry, but … Continue reading
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There’s no fortune at the bottom of the pyramid
Sorry to break it to you. There is no Santa Claus. There is no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. And there is no fortune at the bottom of the pyramid. There is only grinding poverty. It … Continue reading
[Disruptive] Innovation
The thing about poverty is that people get trapped for generation after generation by expectations of same old same old. “We are poor, we have always been poor and it is our destiny to be poor. It is our caste. … Continue reading
IDE has no beneficiaries!
In one of my former lives, I worked for Canada’s largest food aid organization. I have been witness to. and participant in. free food aid distribution to very hungry deserving people many times. What always struck me was that the … Continue reading
What’s wrong with poverty alleviation?
Well, nothing really, since there are some one billion or more people below someone’s definition of poverty. Without a doubt, poverty is repugnant and abhorrent, just like starvation and hunger is. It invokes a visceral reaction. The trouble with “poverty … Continue reading
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