Yet the poor are malcontented. They want equal access to new products.
One way of securing it is by having the poor develop the products and
then disseminate them free of charge. The development effort is done
collectively, by volunteers. The Linux operating system is an example
as is the Open Directory Project which competes with the commercial
Yahoo!
The UNDP's Human Development Report 2001 titled "Making new
technologies work for human development" is unequivocal. Innovation and
access to technologies are the keys to poverty-reduction through
sustained growth. Technology helps reduce mortality rates, disease, and
hunger among the destitute.
"The Economist" carried last December the story of the agricultural
technologist Richard Jefferson who helps "local plant breeders and
growers develop the foods they think best ... CAMBIA (the institute he
founded) has resisted the lure of exclusive licences and shareholder
investment, because it wants its work to be freely available and widely
used." This may well foretell the shape of things to come.
Governments and Growth
By: Dr. Sam Vaknin
Also published by United Press International (UPI)
Also Read:
The Washington Consensus - I.
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