While I think I may disagree with Ruth on the specific recommendation (not sure!) I really appreciate this post for a few reasons:
it’s introduced a new and novel concept (abundance agenda) that is really interesting in how it is trying to get to the underlying problem of lots of issues
it’s outlined several concrete examples in an easy to understand, readable way
I have lots of questions that seem valuable to think about like:
how generalizable is the “skip the landline” model and what is the influence of world bank or IMO on developing countries today ?
what does 5% more GDP for the US actually look like in terms of benefits to metrics we care about (health or well-being)
I appreciate the footnotes for each substantive claim
I would love to see more posts like this on the forum.
I added a new point to the main article relevant to the “skip the landline” model:
Innovations developed in high-income countries may have more impact in low-income countries. For example, renewable energy (wind, solar, hydro, etc) was developed in high income countries. But because of energy scarcity, investment in renewable energy has actually been higher in low and middle income countries than in high-income countries, since 2015. (see the Wikipedia article on renewable energy in developing countries)
While I think I may disagree with Ruth on the specific recommendation (not sure!) I really appreciate this post for a few reasons:
it’s introduced a new and novel concept (abundance agenda) that is really interesting in how it is trying to get to the underlying problem of lots of issues
it’s outlined several concrete examples in an easy to understand, readable way
I have lots of questions that seem valuable to think about like:
how generalizable is the “skip the landline” model and what is the influence of world bank or IMO on developing countries today ?
what does 5% more GDP for the US actually look like in terms of benefits to metrics we care about (health or well-being)
I appreciate the footnotes for each substantive claim
I would love to see more posts like this on the forum.
I added a new point to the main article relevant to the “skip the landline” model:
Innovations developed in high-income countries may have more impact in low-income countries. For example, renewable energy (wind, solar, hydro, etc) was developed in high income countries. But because of energy scarcity, investment in renewable energy has actually been higher in low and middle income countries than in high-income countries, since 2015. (see the Wikipedia article on renewable energy in developing countries)
Thank you Vaidehi! I worked really hard on this and I’m glad it shows :)