Yi-Tan Tech Community Call #364 - What Is Development - 1:30pm Eastern, Monday 2012-04-02

[Jerry Michalski]

Greetings,

The phrase "third-world development" is loaded.

Now that the Iron Curtain is down, which are the "first" and "second" worlds, and what exactly do we mean by development?

Given a definition, is development working? Are underdeveloped nations getting better?

Unsurprisingly, experts disagree, from Dead Aid to It's Getting Better All the Time.

With David Ellerman, let's discuss:

• Where are we in the arc of development?
• What seems to work? How can we tell?
• What doesn't work? What are the symptoms?

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Date: Monday, 2012-04-02

Time: 10:30am Pacific, 1:30pm Eastern

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Bestest,

Jerry