Informative Reading OLPC and Economic Development.

OLPC and Economic Development. Robert Kozma. OLPCNews. Online July 2007. “... Like Nicolas Negroponte—and the villagers of Sauri—I believe that technology has a role to play in supporting economic development in Africa and reducing poverty. But my conclusions about how technology should be used are quite different than those of Negroponte. … ” (Ginny notes: This is the second thoughtful commentary in OLPCNews from Bob Kozma. His first, equally provocative, was “OLPC and Education Reform” published in June 2007. Ginny also notes: OLPCNews self-describes as “Your independent source for news, information, commentary, and discussion of One Laptop Per Child's computer, the OLPC Children's Machine XO, developed by MIT Media Lab co-founder Nicholas Negroponte.”)