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| Invitee Comments: Norman Neureiter | ||
| (Return to Comment Selection) There is certainly a greater interest in Washington these days in an effective approach to sustainable development and that might be worth discussing, since S&T underlie essentially all the key areas singled out for attention at Joburg--energy, food (agriculture), water, health, etc. The question is whether our conventional delivery systems through AID really work and how do we successfully work on building capacity in the local countries so they can couple in to the rest of the world which is driven by technology. The major question that S&T does not address is Governance--meaning stopping corruption and getting the leadership of these countries to focus on the needs and the challenges of their societies, presumably in some semblance of a democratic context--realizing that unfettered democracy like unfettered capitalism is either anarchy or robber baronies. Furthermore, the key words here on all of this are public/private partnerships. (Return to Top) Posted 10.21.02 |
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