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by V R Rutledge
Technology is a tool. Whether it can be used to alleviate poverty will be determined by the users, not the tool. While technology refers to the application of knowledge for practical purposes, Green Technology refers to t...read more
The instruments for alleviating world poverty are and always have been based on technology. Whether societies are interested in deploying these instruments is entirely a different and much more complex question. The Romans...read more
WORLD POVERTY has always existed, even, I suspect, back in caveman times. And as the world population increases exponentially the problem increases. Technology then actually through longer lives and permitting larger...read more
Poverty, which is commonly perceived in terms of population living under a certain income threshold, has many faces. As described by the World Bank, poverty is hunger. Poverty is lack of shelter. Poverty is being sick an...read more
by Katie Rice
It depends: technology is one tool which may be used to make a positive impact, but in the absence of other changes, technology alone will not alleviate poverty. One Laptop Per Child (http://laptopfoundation.or g/index.s...read more
by Virginscribe
The US Office of Management and Budget may define poverty as a certain monetary threshold, but a more qualitative measure is quality of life. There are many levels of poverty, from the blue-collar parents with four kids w...read more
Today's technology is amazing, in all fields. The 20th century brought with it a whole new world, wide possibilities in the medical field, making it possible to see images inside parts in the human body that were inaccessi...read more
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