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Put Down the Champagne, Pick Up the Computer Mouse: For solar power to reach poor consumers, the focus must be on results
Put Down the Champagne, Pick Up the Computer Mouse: For solar power to reach poor consumers, the focus must be on results
On Wednesday, the 2013 World Economic Forum in Davos launched under the theme ``Resilient Dynamism." Although I have never attended Davos, the international gathering of dignitaries does remind me somewhat of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) conference, ‘Sustainable Energy Strategies in Low and Middle-Income Economies,’ in November. That forum invited experts from all over the world to meet in Milano, Italy and find ways to solve energy poverty. I did attend the UNIDO conference, and frankly, I don’t think it worked. For me, it actually felt like a large step backwards...
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Comment by Yotam Ariel on April 21, 2013 at 5:00pm -
Thanks, Seth.
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Comment by Seth C. Addo-Yobo on April 21, 2013 at 10:47am -
Ha ha ha...I hope the champagne was good at least...Yotam, you have hit the nail on the head. There are plenty of talkers but no one is ready to put out money or real effort to make things happen. People want to talk and let others do the work.
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Comment by Yotam Ariel on February 6, 2013 at 4:49pm
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:-) Thank you, Shane.
I believe the people who attended didn't come for the Champagne.
I think they're good people, and are excited about doing real impact that villagers can testify about.
But the format of the gathering turns good people into 'development zombies' -
not quite dead, and not really alive.I suggest (and will follow through to make it reality) that next events are held in a poor village in the Congo.Now that will get attendees/organizers to focus on the goal.
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Comment by Shane Thatcher on February 6, 2013 at 4:41pm -
Great article, I whole-heatedly agree with your sentiments Yotam. Do you think most of the people who attend these things are really looking for a solution or is the existence of the problem a handy job creation scheme with the added benefit of champagne?
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