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xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1158516274'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040698200584310388.post-2334378534522953729</id><published>2009-02-22T05:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-22T05:30:00.000-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Interesting--although, looking through the origina...</title><content type='html'>Interesting--although, looking through the original article, it seems like they are talking about access to information (for instance, through relatives), and access to agricultural technology (like hybrid seeds) and not ICT per se. But I'm trying to track down references that do mention ICT specifically. If anyone knows of any, please post a comment!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9040698200584310388/999343564826242674/comments/default/2334378534522953729'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9040698200584310388/999343564826242674/comments/default/2334378534522953729'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.bopsource.com/2009/02/ict-access-climate-change-and-farmers.html?showComment=1235309400000#c2334378534522953729' title=''/><author><name>tophe</name><uri>http://tophe.myopenid.com/</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/openid16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://blog.bopsource.com/2009/02/ict-access-climate-change-and-farmers.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040698200584310388.post-999343564826242674' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9040698200584310388/posts/default/999343564826242674' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-488072604'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040698200584310388.post-6292726713608561200</id><published>2009-02-12T18:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-12T18:36:00.000-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Yes, you are correct! My mistake. Haviva is the cu...</title><content type='html'>Yes, you are correct! My mistake. Haviva is the current Executive Director of TWB. Thanks for your correction.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9040698200584310388/8480523324754726578/comments/default/6292726713608561200'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9040698200584310388/8480523324754726578/comments/default/6292726713608561200'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.bopsource.com/2009/02/grameen-opportunity-bankers-without.html?showComment=1234492560000#c6292726713608561200' title=''/><author><name>Jenara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12119851360891209054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://blog.bopsource.com/2009/02/grameen-opportunity-bankers-without.html' 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value='pid-488072604'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040698200584310388.post-1733804073263603316</id><published>2009-01-29T08:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-29T08:51:00.000-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Greetings:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;What an inspirational video!&lt;br&gt;...</title><content type='html'>Greetings:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;What an inspirational video!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I plan to forward this link to Clover Rotary Club President, Don Hyatt, in hopes of sponsorship by our organization for Kiva loans...&lt;BR/&gt; &lt;BR/&gt;Best Regards,&lt;BR/&gt; &lt;BR/&gt;Les Smith&lt;BR/&gt; &lt;BR/&gt;Lee Stanley "Les" Smith, Jr.&lt;BR/&gt;Registered Investment Advisor&lt;BR/&gt;6 Hickory Nut Lane, Lake Wylie, SC 29710&lt;BR/&gt;http://www.geocities.com/yourinvestmentadvisor</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9040698200584310388/6278284764603095313/comments/default/1733804073263603316'/><link 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type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-530279739'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040698200584310388.post-6740835543233907109</id><published>2008-12-13T14:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T14:37:00.000-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi, you might find some soulmates at http://www.bi...</title><content type='html'>Hi, you might find some soulmates at http://www.bidnetwork.org/search?q_mm=nepal&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Btw, I am fond of chocolate too, yuo should see this site for fairtrade chocolate http://www.chocolonely.nl/index.php?page=_&amp;amp;Language=en&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Their foundation might interst you.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9040698200584310388/4719832474325078900/comments/default/6740835543233907109'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' 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value='pid-1474943545'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040698200584310388.post-94555772940616532</id><published>2008-11-01T16:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-01T16:50:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>hi jenara, &lt;br&gt;don't know if these are quite what ...</title><content type='html'>hi jenara, &lt;BR/&gt;don't know if these are quite what you are looking for or if you've already heard of them, but check out ushahidi.com and digiactive.org.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9040698200584310388/4737123697003459320/comments/default/94555772940616532'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9040698200584310388/4737123697003459320/comments/default/94555772940616532'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.bopsource.com/2008/10/international-bloggers-and.html?showComment=1225583400000#c94555772940616532' title=''/><author><name>Toru Mino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08379153986015051636</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://blog.bopsource.com/2008/10/international-bloggers-and.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040698200584310388.post-4737123697003459320' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9040698200584310388/posts/default/4737123697003459320' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1429630975'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040698200584310388.post-5426944450215909060</id><published>2008-10-21T11:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-21T11:06:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I think there is also a feeling of helplessness th...</title><content type='html'>I think there is also a feeling of helplessness that is apparent. I don't get the feeling that people feel empowered to seek out answers. It seems all too accepted; traffic is bad, people drown, hospital care is poor...the list goes on. It's sad. I don't know if it's a natural stage on the path to development, because that might assume that all societies have to go through it. More could be done, and that is of course the focus of all development work. But as Ben said, no profound solutions come to mind (within the current dominant aid/charity framework) and so I think the answer is business at the base of the pyramid (BBOP). BBOP has a lot of potential to help countries develop at a faster pace so that they do not have to endure for long periods the stages that Carson alluded to, but the challenge is to scale BoP initiatives so that they help accelerate the speed at which national economies grow. Then will come access to education, information, and capital and preventable deaths will decline. As a result, I think attitudes and expectations about death will also change. It's going to take a policy shift and a radical re-thinking in political, business, and public health institutions before real change is made; the structural change has to happen first in order for individual attitudes to change.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9040698200584310388/9120068604500264244/comments/default/5426944450215909060'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9040698200584310388/9120068604500264244/comments/default/5426944450215909060'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.bopsource.com/2008/10/is-it-ok-to-eat-pomegranate-seeds.html?showComment=1224612360000#c5426944450215909060' title=''/><author><name>Jenara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12119851360891209054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://blog.bopsource.com/2008/10/is-it-ok-to-eat-pomegranate-seeds.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040698200584310388.post-9120068604500264244' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9040698200584310388/posts/default/9120068604500264244' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-480652463'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040698200584310388.post-8477610540656916547</id><published>2008-10-20T07:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-20T07:21:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I've often been struck by the same thought in visi...</title><content type='html'>I've often been struck by the same thought in visits to India. People's casual attitude towards death is not only evident in their words, but in their actions. The complete disregard for traffic safety in India, and in particular in a large metropolis like Delhi, is a constant reminder. But is this attitude towards death a cause or a symptom? I feel that it is a pervasive cultural issue that manifests itself in thought, action, and religious belief. I believe that it is a societal protective mechanism. As death is a more likely everyday occurance, people have to avoid dwelling on it. Perhaps someone with more knowledge than me can chime in, but I suspect that this is a phase that all societies go through as they transition from 'third world' to 'first world'.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9040698200584310388/9120068604500264244/comments/default/8477610540656916547'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9040698200584310388/9120068604500264244/comments/default/8477610540656916547'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.bopsource.com/2008/10/is-it-ok-to-eat-pomegranate-seeds.html?showComment=1224512460000#c8477610540656916547' title=''/><author><name>Carson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04245672706273483190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://blog.bopsource.com/2008/10/is-it-ok-to-eat-pomegranate-seeds.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040698200584310388.post-9120068604500264244' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9040698200584310388/posts/default/9120068604500264244' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-302129431'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040698200584310388.post-5371154848104661354</id><published>2008-10-18T12:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-18T12:59:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Great post.  I've thought a lot about this as well...</title><content type='html'>Great post.  I've thought a lot about this as well in my work in countries with low life expectancy.  There are so many different ways to think about it--from an economics perspective of how this impacts health prevention as an investment of time and money, from a behavior change perspective where there may be certain points at the sort of fatalism has taken over and made any health education campaign really difficult to be successful, etc., etc.  No profound solutions in mind at the moment, but I think it's something worth more attention.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Great job with the blog, Jenara!  I got really excited to see your guest post on nextbillion.net, which I also read.  Keep up the good work!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9040698200584310388/9120068604500264244/comments/default/5371154848104661354'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9040698200584310388/9120068604500264244/comments/default/5371154848104661354'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.bopsource.com/2008/10/is-it-ok-to-eat-pomegranate-seeds.html?showComment=1224359940000#c5371154848104661354' title=''/><author><name>Ben</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02284012043657504061</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_LCxvic7QTC4/R3nvx4rgIaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/zkrqwT5q1Os/S220/BikeTaxi_Shaddow.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://blog.bopsource.com/2008/10/is-it-ok-to-eat-pomegranate-seeds.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040698200584310388.post-9120068604500264244' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9040698200584310388/posts/default/9120068604500264244' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1006579648'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040698200584310388.post-3150205849056026823</id><published>2008-08-31T01:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-31T01:11:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>i love bangkok and i love these pics!</title><content type='html'>i love bangkok and i love these pics!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9040698200584310388/7473544147960705263/comments/default/3150205849056026823'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9040698200584310388/7473544147960705263/comments/default/3150205849056026823'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.bopsource.com/2008/08/images-of-thai-youth-culture.html?showComment=1220170260000#c3150205849056026823' title=''/><author><name>sthapit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17820441175007257939</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='28' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/76/2182/1024/AkshayNepal2.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://blog.bopsource.com/2008/08/images-of-thai-youth-culture.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040698200584310388.post-7473544147960705263' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9040698200584310388/posts/default/7473544147960705263' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-146738242'/></entry></feed>
