Calculating the Worth of Cows
January 12, 2009
Everyone knows that the economy is bad and it appears that it will stay that way at least for a while. The editors of Defense News, a publication that focuses on the
Category: Development
In this blog, we discuss cognitive computing and other technologies with a focus on supply chain management and innovation. Other topics of discussion include digital enterprise transformation, marketing, the Internet of Things, and smart cities. Our goal is to advance the public discussion about how cognitive computing and other advanced technologies affect the world in which we live.
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China — 30 Years of Reform
December 18, 2008
It was 30 years ago that the resilient Chinese politician Deng Xiaoping began reforming China’s economic system by embracing free market reforms. Audra Ang, in an article published in the Washington Post,
Iraqi Democracy
December 12, 2008
In his book entitled Blueprint for Action, my colleague Tom Barnett wrote: “The Bush Administration’s decision to lay a Big Bang on the Middle East (my preferred term for the purposeful shock
Food and Water Shortages in the Middle East
July 29, 2008
It doesn’t take an agronomist to know that growing food crops naturally is almost impossible in the desert. And it doesn’t take a sociologist to know that populations living in arid climates
Dealing with Failed States
July 22, 2008
Regular readers of this blog are familiar with the Enterra Solutions® Development-in-a-Box™ approach for helping emerging market countries achieve sustainable development. It will come as no surprise, then, that a book review
Farmers and Forests
June 12, 2008
With grain prices rising as steeply as oil prices, farmers around the world are hoping to cash in while commodities are selling high. One of the world’s breadbasket countries, Brazil, is also
Turning the World Upside Down
June 11, 2008
My work with Development-in-a-Box™, as well as my frequent trips overseas, has given me an appreciation for the developing world that one can only gain by personal experience. New York Times columnist
Coal, Cash, and Climate Change
June 10, 2008
In numerous posts, I’ve written about the search for cleaner sources of electrical power including efforts to make coal burn cleaner [see my post The Search for Clean Coal]. In that post,
Rwanda’s Women
June 9, 2008
As I noted in my last post [Moving Forward in Rwanda], the women of Rwanda have emerged a potent economic force over the past decade as Rwanda tries to emerge from the
Moving Forward in Rwanda
June 6, 2008
I have written two posts over the past couple of years about Rwanda — specifically about that country’s attempts to get connected to the rest of the world [Wiring Rwanda to the
