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  • Derek Newberry

    Where Are the Real BOP Stories?

    ?It makes good journalistic fodder, but it?s just the same story over and over!? This was fellow blogger Rob Katz?s comment when I called him about posting a story on the Strappity-do-da company. His frustration was similar to that expressed by Ethan when he complained about...

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  • Derek Newberry

    Development at 50,000 Feet

    George Soros is giving $50 million toward poverty-alleviation programs in Africa- at the same time, the Gates and Rockefeller Foundation are donating $150 million to increase African agricultural production (Read more by Rob Katz on this). Are we seeing a trend here? Development initiatives...

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  • Courtland Walker

    Whose Technology Is it?

    The global cell phone market recently passed 2.5 billion connections, having grown by 500 million in 12 months. A quarter of this growth is attributable to India and China. In the latter country 5 million new connections are added every month. As a result of this staggering growth rate,...

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