Tag: Kenya

Economic Development Links

Feb 4, 2014

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mwkruse

in Africa, Business, Capitalism and Markets, China, Economic Development, Economics, Environment, Gender and Sex, Human Progress, Links – Economic Development, Politics, Poverty, Public Policy, Sociology, Technology (Energy), Technology (Food & Water), Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

1. EconLog: On Sweatshops: They're Better Than the Alternative – Art Carden … Here's some of what I wrote them specifically: Sweatshops are an important exercise in appreciating the difference between what we see (people in sweatshops) and what we don't see (the jobs they would have if they didn't have sweatshop opportunities). Sweatshops employ…
Kenya’s mobile telephones: Vital for the poor

Nov 12, 2012

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mwkruse

in Africa, Business, Economic Development, Microenterprise, Poverty, Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet)

Economist: Kenya's mobile telephones: Vital for the poor AFRICA'S "mobile decade", when telephones at last reached most corners of the continent, has meant a huge improvement in the lives of the poor. But quantifying it is hard. How useful can a mobile phone be to someone living on less than $2.50 a day, the World…
Sewing Her Way Out of Poverty

Sep 19, 2011

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mwkruse

in Africa, Economic Development, Microenterprise

New York Times: Sewing Her Way Out of Poverty I came to Kenya partly to help make a PBS documentary about empowering women as a way to lift families and communities — men included — out of poverty. And I promptly met a prostitute-turned-businesswoman who epitomizes that theme. … … In Jamii Bora, Jane was…
Who Gives A Crap? Sanitation, Energy and Entrepreneurship in Kenya

May 26, 2011

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mwkruse

in Africa, Economic Development, Health and Medicine, Technology (Energy), Technology (Manufacturing & Construction))

Forbes: Who Gives A Crap? Sanitation, Energy and Entrepreneurship in Kenya … The toilet they threw open is Sanergy, a year-old for-profit social enterprise that manufactures high-quality, yet low-cost and compact toilets for urban slums in the developing world and then uses human waste to produce energy and fertilizer. It is an “affordable, accessible and…
Fighting Poverty in Kenya by Selling Water Pumps to Poor Farmers

Jul 15, 2010

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mwkruse

in Africa, Poverty, Technology (Food & Water)

NPR: Fighting Poverty in Kenya by Selling Water Pumps to Poor Farmers … MARTIN FISHER, co-founder, KickStart International: It is cheap. It is extremely robust. It won't break down. It's very lightweight. You can carry it to the field. You can take the whole thing apart with your hands, put it back together, because a…
How a Kenyan village tripled its corn harvest

Jun 18, 2008

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mwkruse

in Africa, Economic Development, Poverty, Technology (Food & Water)

Christian Science Monitor: How a Kenyan village tripled its corn harvest The Millennium Villages Project is pricey. But it may hold answers to tackling the global food crisis. Sauri, Kenya – The dry months of April, May, and June were once equated with hunger for Agre Ranyondo and his neighbors in this community of 55,000…
World’s next outsourcing hub: Kenya?

Dec 21, 2007

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mwkruse

in Africa, Economic Development, Globalization, International Affairs

Christian Science Monitor: World's next outsourcing hub: Kenya? The government is pumping millions of dollars into improving the country's outdated telecom system in an effort to capitalize on Kenya's large pool of English-speaking graduates. Eventually it wants Kenya to be as well-known for its call centers as its lions, tea, and coffee. …….. Last week,…
Obama urges Kenyans to oppose corruption

Aug 30, 2006

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mwkruse

in Africa, Public Policy

Obama urges Kenyans to oppose corruption is an AP story about Senator Obama's visit to Kenya. Obama warned that Kenya and other African nations will never thrive if their citizens cannot count on the government to deliver services fairly, regardless of their tribal background or ability to pay bribes, Obama told about 600 people at…