In this youtube video, Columbia University economist Jeffrey Sachs, one of the world's foremost scholars on poverty reduction, offers his insights on reducing the pervasiveness of extreme poverty, especially in Africa, within the next decade.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEJCWQZvTCM
One interesting claim he makes is that the use of mobile phones helps, at least to a certain extent, to eliminate such widespread poverty. I agree with him on this matter, and the veracity of this claim will be verified as the events of the next decade unfold.
No comments:
Post a Comment