60 years of foreign aid did nothing to alleviate poverty - it did the opposite, it empowered authority.
Don’t miss this interview with the co-founder of GrameenPhone, Iqbal Quadir [TED Talks video, also on audio].
Remarkable!
GrameenPhone, an innovative wireless operator offering services to poor rural villages in Bangladesh. In this talk, he explains the triple impact of bringing cel phone service to rural areas (connecting the village to the world, creating business opportunities, and generating over time a culture of entrepreneurship.) He also relates his personal “A-ha moment,” when he understood that “connectivity is productivity.” (Recorded July 2005 in Oxford, UK. Duration: 16:37)
Iabal Quadir is a Wharton alum. See the 2005 annual report [PDF].
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