Plugging in the Roots: How Technology is Changing the Development Paradigm
Location: TBD
Time: 10:00am
Moderator:
Calestous Juma
Professor
Anju Malhotra
Vice President for Research Innovation
International Center for Research on Women
Thomas Burke
Chief of the Division of Global Health and Human Rights
Massachusetts General Hospital
Walter Bender
Professor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Details:
Until recently, international development has largely been a one-way street driven by the global North. From the Indian farmer suicides to the social repercussions of structural adjustment loans, development strategies imposed from the top-down have been ineffective across diverse, local contexts and insufficient to address growing levels of inequality. As the Internet, computers, portable medical devices, and other innovative technologies are becoming both cheaper and easier to access, local institutions are taking a greater role in directing development. At the same time, policy makers and NGOs are seeing the benefit of working through local institutions in areas ranging from environmental management to education to healthcare. The result is a profound shift of the development paradigm. This panel will identify how new technologies are engaging marginalized populations in the development process, and how this shift is leading policymakers to rethink the design and implementation of appropriate development solutions.
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