| > what role could technology play in eliminating extreme poverty by 2030? It will play all of it. If you want particular ideas for small groups to get it sooner, as mentioned the big thing currently is the fact smart phones are going everywhere. The current talked about tech is mircopayments. So I'm assuming you're looking for an arbitrage. Western society will continue full paced but what is missing that the 1st world won't do (mircopayments being done) Directly thinking -
More translations of apps or better english learning apps to get a world language. Cheaper and simpler versions (A free simple farmer logs, if it doesn't exist, perhaps totally based on rice or something) Sideways thinking - Small rewards or a lotto for watching public announcements like aids education, better heath. You could target cell phone areas. Rural different to inner city. Wikis to design/create cheap as possible Chinese products of value to the poor. Google cardboard but wiki style. Try and find ways to increase the value of garbage the poor scavenge. Could you recycle plastics in the backyard to new products with 3d printing or moulding or something. These ideas are dumb but more trying to think what could be done, that isn't in the works. |