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Personally, I feel that the biggest problem in developing countries is corruption. Imagine all the wealth being created to disappear into bureaucracy. I've see
by tanvach 13y ago
Personally, I feel that the biggest problem in developing countries is corruption. Imagine all the wealth being created to disappear into bureaucracy. I've seen police bully businesses, engineering projects finish that is woefully substandard, rigged market competition, stolen aid money, abuse of monopoly, and so on. I truly feel that this is the sauce of problems many poor people face.
I really admire Bill Gates help with poverty and education. I only wish that people start looking into anti-corruption. Maybe we should start creating anti-corruption technologies.
- shmerl 13y ago> Personally, I feel that the biggest problem in developing countries is corruption. Isn't it a problem in "developed" countries as well?
- rayiner 13y agoPeople in developed countries can't even imagine the corruption that exists in developing countries. In Bangladesh, my dad once had to pay a bribe just to get his telephone service hooked up. Going to lobby for an industry after leaving political office is what people in developed countries call "corruption." Tens of billions of dollars in aid money just getting "lost" is what people in developing countries call "corruption."
- shmerl 13y agoYeah, that's actually not hard to imagine.
- nathancahill 13y agoYes, but it goes by different names.
- tanvach 13y agoI agree, it is unfortunately much more rampant in those areas. Starting there should have the biggest social payoff. I think it's such an important area neglected by tech industry. One reason is that there is no commercial payoff. In fact, the opposite is going to be the case. We need someone like him who has the fortune to invest in these projects.
- salvadors 13y agoFunding isn't too hard to get for tools like this. It works differently from the standard start-up model, but have a look at, for example, where the Sunlight Foundation gets its money: http://sunlightfoundation.com/about/funding/ http://sunlightfoundation.com/about/funding/ Google is even funding interesting projects in this area too (e.g. https://techpresident.com/news/23379/googleorg-offers-funding-sunlight-fondation-and-mysociety https://techpresident.com/news/23379/googleorg-offers-fundin...)
- salvadors 13y agoWhat might these anti-corruption technologies look like?