http://blogs.appropedia.org/2009/04/08/do-we-fear-the-rise-of-the-poor/ sharing knowledge to build rich, sustainable lives. Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:56:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://blogs.appropedia.org/2009/04/08/do-we-fear-the-rise-of-the-poor/comment-page-1/#comment-2320 Chriswaterguy Thu, 09 Apr 2009 20:28:16 +0000 http://blogs.appropedia.org/?p=548#comment-2320 Fritallary: Agreed - we in the developed world have much we can learn - e.g. see <a title="South-North knowledge transfer" href="http://www.appropedia.org/South-North_knowledge_transfer" rel="nofollow">South-North knowledge transfer</a> on the wiki. Fritallary: Agreed - we in the developed world have much we can learn - e.g. see South-North knowledge transfer on the wiki.

]]> http://blogs.appropedia.org/2009/04/08/do-we-fear-the-rise-of-the-poor/comment-page-1/#comment-2318 Fritillary Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:28:02 +0000 http://blogs.appropedia.org/?p=548#comment-2318 I couldn't agree more about the developed world holding back the developing world. I think we need to be following their lead more often. The technologies they are developing are generally more efficient because they do not have access to the cheap resources the developing world had when it designed it's infastructure. But that would require North Americans to start living like Africans and Indonesians, and that's a pretty abhorent prospect for most of our neighbors. I couldn't agree more about the developed world holding back the developing world. I think we need to be following their lead more often. The technologies they are developing are generally more efficient because they do not have access to the cheap resources the developing world had when it designed it's infastructure. But that would require North Americans to start living like Africans and Indonesians, and that's a pretty abhorent prospect for most of our neighbors.

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