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Article

10 Jul 2001

Author:
Intermediate Technology Development Group

Silicon Valley vs. better hoe. Which technology suits the poor?

Today in London, the UNDP launches a powerful 'manifesto', the Human Development Report (HDR) entitled 'Making new technologies work for human development'. At a time where revolutionary changes in technology are driving forwards globalisation - and globalisation is creating greater inequalities than at any time in history, ITDG feels that the fundamental issue is not 'making new technologies work for human development'. The challenge is enabling poor people to make technologies work for them.