tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959751201989948904.post2799573095190275022..comments2023-10-16T08:12:48.795-04:00Comments on Uncommon Liberty: Livin' it Up on the InternetUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959751201989948904.post-1525383401339000722008-06-04T01:10:00.000-04:002008-06-04T01:10:00.000-04:00African cellphones taught some valuable lessons to...African cellphones taught some valuable lessons to development economists as well. The old view, influenced by the Solow Growth model, was that a country would need to go through all the stages, but faster because they weren't having to reinvent everything.<BR/><BR/>Of course development economics is a field that is constantly having to become more sophisticated as it beautiful hypotheses are Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959751201989948904.post-26083387991329892102008-06-03T04:28:00.001-04:002008-06-03T04:28:00.001-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.James Hanleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18431950784819780004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959751201989948904.post-59119260061434713512008-06-03T04:28:00.000-04:002008-06-03T04:28:00.000-04:00The issue of cellphones in Africa is one that caus...The issue of cellphones in Africa is one that caused a huge shift in my understanding of development.<BR/><BR/>My socialist friends had always asked how developing countries could catch up, while western countries were changing ever faster. For example, the length of time and cost of developing good telephone networks.<BR/><BR/>Then I read about African fishermen using cell phones to call, from James Hanleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18431950784819780004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959751201989948904.post-22635063825116289442008-06-03T01:44:00.000-04:002008-06-03T01:44:00.000-04:00On a similar vein, consider the proliferation of c...On a similar vein, consider the proliferation of cellphones in Africa, technology has always been the path to wealth and ICT offers a way of bypassing malfunctioning governments in a way older manufacturing technology does not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com