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10 Steps to Chronic Underdevelopment/
Daryl Dujon
August 16, 2013.
Before his untimely death, Walter Rodney wrote a ground-breaking anti-imperialist classic entitled How Europe Underdeveloped Africa. In the book, he made the observation that in real terms, the word "developing" is a synonym for underdeveloped. He went on to say that European colonialists deliberately caused the underdevelopment of Africa through a combination of a highly centralized power structure that oppressed some social groups and exalted others, and the systemic extraction of economic resources.
Amidst the clarion calls signalling impending doom for CARICOM economies, one cannot help but look inward at the endogenous factors that have contributed to the current economic environment in an effort to refocus Rodney's ground-breaking thesis. The question to be answered in this iteration of Rodney's notion is this: how did the Caribbean under-develop itself?
Assuming that exogenous pressures are a given for any developing country, the article will focus on 10 endogenous factors that contribute to underdevelopment in CARICOM.
Governance without vision
To argue from a historical perspective, it can be said that since the independence era, there have been few visionary leaders who have been able to translate their ideas into long-term, progressive policies. In many cases, they have advanced political ideas that aim to achieve a goal while remaining wilfully ignorant of the fact that the implementation of these ideas would frustrate that very goal. In light of the previous statement, Guido Pincione and Fernando Teson argue that political morality and posturing are contributing factors to the rational ignorance of the Caribbean political directorate. This is prevalent across CARICOM countries, and is evident in the collective and individual decisions that have been taken at the domestic, sub-regional and regional levels. While political ideologies have tended to vary widely within the region, Caribbean economies remain afflicted with common issues.
At this current juncture in the development process, we can safely say that there has been no progressive long-term vision for Caribbean economies. If there is doubt as to the empirical basis for this argument, simply Google "*any Caribbean country or regional organization* 20 year vision". While the goals may be explicitly stated, the policy roadmap is such that there is no unified country strategy for development that will be followed with diligence by all who hold positions of political power. In light of this lack of vision, policies are not decided upon with an overarching goal in mind. Rather, a series of disjointed and party-specific policies are employed, often with no established monitoring and evaluation framework to evaluate their success or failure. The result? Reactionary governance structures that are struggling to rectify bad decisions in hindsight rather than planning for future development, and either creating new problems or exacerbating existing ones.*
Instead, governments should create individual short and long-term development visions, and form coalitions based on mutual interest. This should introduce new regional, sub-regional and domestic dynamics that may be better suited to progressive policy planning and development.
*The government's decision to withdraw the free education scheme in Barbados is a typical example of trying to solve a problem in hindsight and creating a new one.
Poor labour planning
It has been argued since Sir Arthur Lewis' dual sector model that the East Asian model would not work for CARICOM. However, employing the "baby with the bathwater" cliché, the foundations of the Singaporean model are still relevant. The country's vision for economic development began with an understanding that an educated and skilled labour force would play a crucial role in all economic sectors. Technical and vocational education (TVET) was prioritized as a core component of the national education and training system, which reduced the need for external labour in structural development, increased the productive capacity of the society and greatly increased employment across sectors.
Labour planning in CARICOM is treated differently for a number of reasons. Primarily, TVET is demonized as a lower form of education, limited to menial labour such as carpentry and plumbing. Consequently, there is a very large number of persons qualified in non-contributory fields who are either unable to find employment or are unsuitable for the work they are hired to do. This is especially true with the younger demographic. An example can be found from the University of the West Indies St. Augustine Campus' student statistics for 2012. By the numbers, 489 students were pursuing degrees in Management Studies, 260 in Sociology, and a whopping 503 were undeclared or considered "general". Conversely, only 105 pursued degrees in Public Sector Management, and 91 in Agribusiness.
To solve the issue of poor labour planning, it is necessary to go back to the vision plan, as the development of human resources is a core component of the development vision of any country. If governments can create clear, achievable goals and train the citizenry to fill the labour gaps, employment and productivity would increase significantly. Manpower surveys need to be conducted, and priority lists for study must be adjusted to suit the development needs of CARICOM countries.
Fractured Education System
In the Caribbean, particularly in the OECS, the education system churns out a celebrated academic minority and a "low-skilled" majority (whose talents are more than likely linked to TVET). The curriculum is such that academic subjects are the focus of instruction, with only a few schools offering courses in electrical engineering, auto mechanics and other technical subjects. The performance-based Common Entrance secondary school placement system groups sluggish academic performers together and denies them an opportunity to either develop through technical education or learn through "scaffolding" from colleagues who grasp academic concepts more quickly.
To place this reality in a historical context, one can reflect on the fact that primary and secondary education was traditionally geared toward preparing white-collar workers for clerical and administrative jobs in the colonial civil service. The continuation of this practice has stifled any potential focus on industrialization and the development of a strong manufacturing sector. While this can be blamed on the colonial concept of respect for scholars and disdain for carpenters and mechanics, the perpetuation of negative associations between low education and manual work is foolish and has no place in a modern development context.
It cannot be stressed enough that economic growth depends heavily on the extent to which there is investment in primary and secondary education, more so than in higher learning. Nelson and Phelps put it perfectly: investment in lower education creates a more educated labour force at all levels of society, which promotes innovation and the imitation of frontier technology.
Traditional trading, commerce and services cannot provide sufficient jobs for the number of school leavers. To address this and the previous labour issue, the universal instruction of TVET can support the development of a strong labour sector.
Facilitate brain drain
According to this article, one in ten tertiary-educated adults born in the developing world (almost half of the developing world's science and technology personnel), now live in developed countries. The reality is no different in CARICOM. Keith Nurse and Jessica Jones have argued that between 1990 and 2000, more than 65% of CARICOM nationals with tertiary education migrated to OECD (read developed) countries, with some individual countries having emigration rates of over 70%.
Nurse and Jones blame the economic, educational and occupational opportunities in the North for brain drain, which is indisputable. If domestic socioeconomic conditions are unattractive or unconducive, highly skilled academic or technical workers will divert their expertise to the regional or international market. However, an issue of equal importance is the perception, and often the reality, that domestic politics influences job prospects. If the popular opinion is that professionals are hired based on partisanship rather than qualifications and merit, there is a high probability of labour flight.
The practice of professional grooming needs to become a prominent feature of the career process. By creating a professional and personal bond between the aging technocratic corps and the young understudies, there is an assurance that the knowledge amassed by senior statesmen is retained and that there is a more fluid transition from one generation of professionals to another. If mentorship programmes can be introduced as part of the secondary or post-secondary curriculum, there is room to shape the future labour force.
Another practice that can mitigate against brain drain and change the negative perception of working at home is the adoption of a culture of rewarding. By clearly defining staff roles and maintaining a reward system for professional achievements, there is room to change how upcoming young professionals see the labour market in their respective countries.
Engaging in serial monocropism
As has been argued in our post on the resurgence of the IMF in the region, Caribbean countries have a penchant for flirting with unsustainable industries. To quickly reiterate, primary agricultural production, financial services (read "tax havens" in a heavy American bureaucratic tone) and tourism are neither sustainable nor reliable industries in the context of economic development.
The function of these sectors should be to develop domestic capacity. The tourism industry should have been an open market for foreign consumption of domestic produce. Instead, it has become a standalone economic staple which, when one considers domestic consumption figures in the public and private sector, is a false positive. This is to say that if we look at the amount of local goods and services that we consume at home versus the amount of local goods and services that tourists consume and where that money goes, there is no real economic gain from tourism.
Agriculture is a sustainable industry if there is product diversification, and if the primary products are processed for export rather than sold as commodities. The history of agriculture in the region has been ultra-specialization in low-return production without any scope for product diversification and expansion. Our position in the path of vicious natural disasters has also proved to be a major inhibitor.
With one sector drawing its dying breaths and the other under threat due to rising fuel prices and attractive alternative destinations, it would be interesting to see the regional response.
Drive away consistent Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
A penchant for the mismanagement of donor funding in developing countries has significantly lowered non-conditional donor interest. Coupled with high levels of crime, low productivity and relatively high cost of labour and high levels of corruption, the attractiveness of our economies except as consumption-based capital extraction markets for foreign companies is nil. Countries courting foreign investment have consequently had to offer overly gratuitous benefits in order to attract and keep investment.
If FDI is conceptualized as direct investment from one individual or company into another or expansion of operations, FDI is concentrated in countries with high purchasing power and natural resources. Outside of CARICOM's more developed countries (MDCs), the chances of maintaining investment are slim without considerable innovation.
No economic diplomacy in foreign policy to complement domestic policy
The focal point of Caribbean foreign policy since independence has been access to special and differential treatment from developed country trading partners. While this is a necessary step in the development of the region's trade capacity, it has been achieved in a vacuum that has not supported any true expansion of trade. While some developing countries have flourished in the pursuit of foreign economic opportunities, CARICOM is still strugging. Kishan Rana has argued that severe inadequacy of resources, internal conflict and poor governance are the root cause of the issue, but CARICOM does not fit any of those characteristics well enough to claim them.
Rana describes economic diplomacy as the process through which countries maximize their national gain through trade, investment and other forms of economically beneficial exchanges in which there is comparative advantage, whether bilaterally, regionally or multilaterally. Proactive foreign policy must be seen as a complement to domestic policy and a core component of development, and economic diplomacy must be at the forefront of foreign policy. The foreign policy agenda of CARICOM must therefore be shifted from special and differential treatment to aggressive expansion in lucrative trade in key goods and services. Any trade agreements and negotiations must satisfy domestic policy goals and take into consideration the external negotiating environment.
Domestic and regional enterprises must be expanded into larger markets, and FDI assistance must be given to that end. Regulatory bodies must be established in order to maintain high levels of quality and facilitate the advancement of trade in priority areas through trade agreements, transport agreements, and investment accords. If CARICOM can turn its foreign policy focus from outside assistance to aggressive trade expansion, there is room for real growth in the region.
Lax agricultural policy
In order to shift the focus from aid to expansion, agriculture must be given priority. It cannot be stressed enough that any long-term development plan for small economies should begin with an understanding of the role of agriculture in the development process. Slavery supplied the labour for the engine that built the industrial countries in the north: agriculture. Most small economies have an abundance of low-skilled labour that could be used in the resuscitation of the agricultural sector (while new capacity is being built through investment in primary and secondary education). Agriculture must form an integral part of the base upon which the economy is built; it must filter into manufacturing, services, and the knowledge economy.
To that end, the lack of coherent, long-term national agricultural policy is a dangerous oversight, especially given the nature of international trade. Such a policy should include the development of a market research unit whose function is to find countries to trade with, and a quality control unit that ensures that goods are produced with regularity and achieve a high quality standard. Export subsidies should be used to divert these quality products to the regional and international markets, and cheap substitutes should be imported for consumption. In a less aggressive model, surplus production could be diverted to the international market.
Encouragement and perpetuation of ignorance
This step is a social and psychological phenomenon in many former colonies whose political landscapes are characterised by strong bipartisanship, low education and a visibly polarized and self-censored media. While two party political systems are prevalent in global politics, bipartisanship is particularly damaging in countries where education is lacking, for two main reasons. First, the citizenry is less likely to be motivated to form civil society organizations that will either monitor or lobby the government. Coupled with a self-censored media, politicians are afforded the freedom to engage in duplicitous behaviour without fear of serious backlash. Second, there is no real interest in the political affairs of the country beyond social debate over political morality. Policy decisions that are contrary to the development vision (or lack thereof) are not questioned in a manner that demands an immediate political response. Due to the polarization of the political system, there is a large enough core following that will support political decisions regardless of their socio-economic consequences.
Politicians in these conditions tend to encourage such ignorance, and use it for personal gain. An example of this is the Vincentian referendum on severing ties with Britain and becoming a Republic. The opposition used propaganda to defeat the referendum, allegedly out of fear that a favourable outcome would mean more support for the incumbent. One particularly absurd piece of propaganda was that if St. Vincent became a Republic, the incumbent would have dictatorial powers, and would replace the Queen's face with his own on the currency. This, of course, would have been quite difficult given that St. Vincent shares a currency with the Member States of the OECS, and Dominica, as a republic maintains, the same currency.
Crab-in-a-barrel competition
Due to the lack of economic diversity among Caribbean countries, there is significant infighting to push individual competitors to the fore as the premier tourist destination or the most secure offshore financial centre. Instead of collective marketing strategies that bring investment to the region, there is significant fragmentation which filters into the often combative political superstructure. This issue is another that can be resolved through the use of a long-term regional vision plan that will see individual countries specialize in non-competing products and services while strengthening coalitions in pursuit of a common goal: achieving sustainable social and economic development.
*Fixation on backlash from the North
With very little exception, the fear of victimization by Northern countries (especially the United States) is a serious consideration in the decision-making process in CARICOM. While domestic policies must not be structured to deliberately undermine diplomatic relations with strategic partners, decisions affecting the economic and social sustainability of a country should not be fettered by fear of external perception. Aid given to Caribbean countries is not a substitute for functional trade and diplomatic partnerships with other developing or developed countries.
This is by no means an exhaustive list of contributing factors to chronic underdevelopment in CARICOM or any other region. However, discourse on strategies to overcoming these factors is a significant step in the right direction.
*Special consideration is given here because of the history of the US in the Caribbean, and the country's considerable sway in the international arena.


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Gazeley launched its first "Eco Template" in 2004 based on a growing consciousness that we must take measures to mitigate and eventually reverse the environmental impact of our activities.
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To succeed in the modern, highly competitive market, companies need to do more than produce a good product or provide reliable service: they need to create a bond with their users. It's possible to create a bond by establishing an emotional connection with users. While designers can use various strategies for this, one of the most effective ways of building a relationship is by adding humor in design.
In this article, we'll see why humor is an incredible tool for emotional connection, and what techniques designers can use to create that connection with their users.
Why humor is so important
People don't just use products; they experience them. Every time we interact with a particular product, we put emotions into that experience. Whether it's positive or negative, we always have feedback in our heads. But what makes one product memorable and others easily forgettable?
"Humor sells. It makes the experience of using your product more memorable."
In the book Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things, Don Norman digs into this question. His fundamental idea: attractive products work better. Attractiveness makes the user more tolerant of minor difficulties. But attractiveness doesn't mean only beauty—it also means a genuine personality. And when it comes to product design, there's one thing that helps us convey a personality—humor. Used effectively, humor can engage users and increase product stickiness. It can set your experience apart from others in a positive way.
Humor sells. It makes the experience of using your product more memorable.
Bringing a smile to a user's face can transform that experience from likable to lovable. As a result, people not only remember the delightful experience, but they tell others about it as well.
Is humor the only ingredient of good UX?
Does this mean that to create a great product all we need to bake humor into our designs? Absolutely not. Humor cannot fix a product that has fundamental usability issues. As explained by Aaron Walter, creating a pleasurable experience is only at the top of the user's hierarchy of needs.
This means that products we create should satisfy the basic needs of users—they should be functional (solve the problem for users), reliable (users can count on the product), and usable (easy to learn and easy to use). And when a product serves these basic requirements, then it's possible to add delight to the user experience. Adding a bit of fun into interactions can move you up to the pinnacle of a pyramid.
4 types of humor designers can use in digital design
Humor and fun can come in many forms. In this section, we'll review just a few basic types of humor.
1. Personification
Personification is attributing human characteristics to objects or creatures. It's one of the most popular ways of using humor both in product design and advertising, because personification makes it easier for people to understand key concepts.
Designers often use mascots (nicely designed creatures intended to evoke sympathy) as a tool for personification. Many world-famous brands use mascots to bake a personality into their brand identity. For some of them, mascots became a natural part of brand identity—when people hear the name of a brand, they picture a mascot in their heads.
In digital products, it's possible to use mascots for many different purposes. A mascot can greet your website visitors and make them feel more comfortable. Or it can be used at the time of anxiety when users need extra care and support.
When it comes to using mascots in digital products, it's vital to make them a natural part of a user journey. That's why timing and user expectations are two main properties that should be taken into account. The mascot shouldn't appear uninvited; otherwise, it will annoy users.
2. Comparison with exaggeration
This type of humor puts two (or more) objects together to create a humorous contrast. This type of humor makes it easier for people to understand the point you're trying to make.
Perhaps one of the best-known examples of comparison with exaggeration is the "Get a Mac" advertising campaign created by Apple. Each commercial in the campaign involved a general comparison of Mac and PC, but done in a hilarious way.
3. Surprise
People feel a sense of surprise when something happens that's not in line with their expectations. The crucial detail of successful surprise is that a person shouldn't expect something to happen (surprise shouldn't be predictable otherwise it won't be a surprise).
4. Easter egg
Easter eggs are hidden messages/images or secret features. The term was initially coined to describe a hidden message in the Atari video game Adventure, which soon started a trend of players looking for hidden messages in other games.
Today many digital products contain easter eggs. One good example is Google Search. Type "askew" in the input field, the page with search results will literally skew itself for you.
Surprise and easter egg may sound like the same concepts, but there's an important difference between two—surprise always comes unexpectedly, while Easter eggs are something users know about, since they have to hunt for them to find them.
You might also like: Symmetry vs. Asymmetry in Layout Design.
Where to include humor in a user interface
As with anything, there is no simple formula for injecting humor into your design. Each product is different and requires its own approach. However, there are a few places where humor can be implemented without too much risk.
First successful interaction with a product
Old wisdom says that you only have one chance to make a first impression. Similar to human relations, your app has only one opportunity to create an excellent first impression on your users. It's possible to increase the likelihood of this by introducing humor and delight.
Success state—a state users see when all goes according to the plan—is a perfect place to bake in humor. This could be on a screen users see in email app when they send their first email, or an order confirmation screen in a food ordering app. Sometimes even simple things can help you make the first interaction with a product unforgettable.
The about page
The about page is one of the most important pages on your website. It's where visitors go to find out more about a company and its culture. Even though this page is extremely valuable for your visitors, it all too often looks way too generic—necessary information about a company paired with images of people who work in it. When people visit such pages, they usually forget them as soon as close the browser's tab.
With a little bit of creativity, it's possible to turn the about page into a fun and memorable experience for your visitors. All you need is to figure out your company's unique identity, and then share it with other people.
One great example is Smashing Magazine's about page, which features cartoon representations of Smashing's management team. The page serves a clear functional purpose: it introduces the team, but it does it in a very informal way.
The 404 page
The 404 error page is another page that most websites have. Visitors see a 404 page when they try to access non-existing page. While the reason of showing 404 may vary—maybe the link the user used to navigate was broken, or the user mistyped a URL—the experience they have on 404 will impact their overall experience.
Good 404 page communicates why a particular page can't be loaded and what users can do next. Great 404 pages not only reduce the user's frustration of not finding what they are looking for, but also makes them smile. Below, Airbnb's 404 page uses an animated illustration to humanize the problem.
You might also like: How to Craft the Best 404 Pages for your Clients.
Loading screen
Who enjoys waiting times? Most probably nobody. Still, waiting time is a natural part of our daily experience with products. When a system asks us to wait, we usually consider it a bad experience. And the more we have to wait, the less happy we will be about a product.
Waiting time can be caused by many different reasons. For example, the system itself might be slow, or users may be experiencing a slow internet connection. Not all problems are easy to solve. Thus, if you can't shorten the line, you should at least make the process a bit more pleasant.
Some products have found a creative way of using the loading screens. Instead of showing an infinite loading spinner paired with the word "loading," such products add humor. One of the great examples is Slack, which often cracks a joke when users log in into the app.
Empty state
Empty states are pages that don't contain any data. The page might be empty because users just recently started using an app and the app doesn't contain any data to display, or the app might encounter a network error and can't download data. Whatever the reason is, the way you design empty states plays a vital role.
Many apps available on the market today have empty states that are too...empty. They don't provide any valuable information to users; they just state that the system doesn't have any data to show. But in most cases, it's possible to make empty state pages much more pleasant for your users. A well-designed empty state will not only tell users why they don't see any data, but can also motivate users to interact with the app to fill it with data.
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Ceramic Earrings – Yellow Porcelain and Gold Lustre Triangles - eGoli Collection
These earrings are made from stained porcelain clay and decorated with gold lustre. The lustre comes in liquid form which is painted on before being placed in the kiln. They are then fired to 800 degrees where the liquid burns off and the gold is left behind. The lustre is 22ct gold and they are finished with sterling silver studs. Being hand-made, no two of the eGoli Collection are exactly alike.
Suzanne is from South Africa and draws much of her inspiration from her upbringing in the countryside there.
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According to Human Rights Watch, the World Bank's private investment firm, International Finance Corporation (IFC), lent $15 million to Corporacion Dinant, a Honduran food company, despite indications that it was forcing people off their own land and controlled security forces that engaged in multiple killings.
"The IFC loaned millions of dollars to a project, even though it was known that its operations were already enmeshed in killings and other violence," said Jessica Evans, senior international financial institutions researcher and advocate at Human Rights Watch. "As President Kim urges World Bank staff to take on riskier investments, the Dinant case should serve as a warning about the pitfalls of investing without proper oversight."
The CAO found that IFC staff had underestimated risks related to security and land conflicts, and that they did not undertake adequate due diligence even though the situation around the project and the risks had been raised publicly. Nor did IFC project staff inform other IFC specialists on such environmental and social risks about the problems that they knew were occurring.
The investigation stemmed from allegations that Dinant conducted, facilitated, or supported forced evictions of farmers in Bajo Aguán, Honduras, and that violence against farmers on and around Dinant plantations in the Bajo Aguán, including multiple killings, occurred because of inappropriate use of private and public security forces under Dinant's control or influence.
The CAO found that the IFC did not, as its policy requires, adequately oversee Dinant's obligations to investigate credible allegations of abusive acts committed by the company's security personnel or to sanction the use of force that goes beyond "preventative and defensive purposes in proportion to the nature and extent of the threat."
Read the whole report here. See here, here, and here to read about detrimental U.S. policies towards Honduras that contribute to the kind of atmosphere in which government-allied corporations abuse the people and security forces engage in killings with impunity.


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There can be no letdown for Spain when it takes on Argentina on Monday for its final group-stage contest in men's basketball at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Spain has won silver medals in men's basketball at the last two Olympics, but it is 2-2 so far at these Summer Games and in third place in Group B. A loss to Argentina could send Spain packing.
Argentina has already secured enough points to move on to the quarterfinals, but it should still be putting forth its best effort against Spain, as a drop in the standings could mean a tougher opponent in knockout-stage play.
Spain vs. Argentina is set for 6 p.m. ET on Monday. Television coverage will be provided by the NBC Sports Network. Schedule of the game, as well as all the other basketball action set for Monday, can be found at NBCOlympics.com.


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Yesterday I visited the new state of the art Multi-Use Games Area (MUGA), in Dordon, North Warwickshire. Delivered by the previous Labour Council, with funding from the European Union's rural development programme (LEADER), it is a perfect example of the positive social and economic impact that Europe is having on our rural communities here in the UK.
As the once "dirty man" of Europe we have come a long way since the 1980s and today we have some of the most sought after countryside in the world. From the LEADER funding, which means that more young people can benefit from activity and social interaction in Dordon, to legislation to protect our natural habitats, our membership of the European Union has enabled the UK to provide essential infrastructure for rural communities
And whilst I'm more used to sipping my tea from a mug rather than a flask, it is clear this means that our coast and country have become much more appealing places for runners, walkers and birders to name just a few. This means more visitors, more business and more income for communities like those in Warwickshire.
Yet, that can't be and is not the whole story of the benefit of Europe to rural communities. On a visit last month to Strasbourg I met with members of our own socialist block of Parliamentarians from across Europe, including the President of the European Parliament, Martin Schultz MEP. During conversations, I was reminded that increasing pressures on our cities means that rural populations are set to grow. This challenge demands a new EU wide industrial strategy - putting in place the digital infrastructure that will empower rural citizens so they can also access the markets and technologies that drive economic growth.
As in the 1980s, with a previous Tory Government, this government is lagging - lacking the will to act. With their - tmarket will provide mantra - communities like Dordon were, at risk, of being left out of the digital economy. Thankfully the Digital Agenda for Europe programme has created the right environment and conditions to help to promote access to high-speed and secure broadband. For people in North Warwickshire it means that in the past 18 months alone more than 43,000 homes and businesses have been connected to super faster fibre broadband.
Earlier in the year I addressed the conference of the Manufacturers Association - the EEF - on the impact that the spread of digital is having on the labour market and the type of skills needed in our new Global economy.
Many of the classic 'rural' jobs, in agriculture, have already been lost; and with many cereal farmers planting and fertilising crops with sophisticated tractors that are guided by satellite GPS – it is perhaps only a short time before these machines are autonomous vehicles capable of doing all of these jobs without direct human involvement.
We already know companies have a hard time finding skilled digital technology experts; it's estimated that there will be up to 825,000 unfilled vacancies across Europe for ICT professionals by 2020-it is essential that families and young people in rural communities have access to IT skills to compete for these jobs
Furthermore, whilst the coffee shops and digital innovation hubs of East London and Manchester's Northern Quarter might seem a long way from where I was today, nearly all digital jobs are capable of being delivered anywhere with a good broadband connection. You may live rural, but the jobs you do overlap greatly with those done by urban dwellers, especially for the self-employed and those in jobs that are based on data, desk-based knowledge and information.
So, most people who live in rural communities like North Warwickshire, will feel the impact of the digital revolution on their jobs. Europe's new Digital Single Market programme will ensure that every UK citizen, including the good people of Dordon who I met today, can become part of this revolution - connecting to high speed broadband and accessing the necessary skills, training and social networks.
The choice for Labour supporters in rural communities is clear – vote out, and who knows what sort of connectivity you and others in your community will have to the modern economy – probably none if you don't pay for it yourself directly. OR vote Remain for a European community that has ambition to invest in rural communities so that all of us can play our part in the new economy of Europe.


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Wednesday, November 26, 2008
A welcoming note
I somehow feel compelled to explain why I started a blog. Over the years, I have learnt that writing things down is the only way for me to communicate effectively with myself about complex issues facing me, as part of the human specie, and our society in general. I could have of course chosen to buy a journal and do entries each day. By doing a blog, I gain the option of taking on board the comments and criticism of those who read my musings and feel compelled to respond to it. Therefore, while it is evident that I write this blog for me, I welcome comments and criticism and debate on matters that interest you. I have invited a number of friends to author posts as well, and I hope these will be challenged as well. The truth of the matter is, we do not know something until we have written it down. So, let us get down to it.
13 comments:
- alex said...
Thanks for the invitation,i hope in the coming days we'll have serious debate on issues. Let's hope those will be informed personal opinions and analysis,at least mine will be.
"kazi iendelee!"
- Wednesday, November 26, 2008
- Nancy said...
Good job!I'm thinking it might soon come to pass that "all great men have a blog".There aren't that many, if any, Tanzanian blogs that address the issues you want to put across which in my view, is just another case of the unfortunate drain of our literal and analytical abilities.I'm glad to have been brought on board. Really looking forward to seeing what a great 'knowledge point' it will be.
Aluta Continua!(just had to throw that one in)
- Wednesday, November 26, 2008
- Nancy said...
Hey January,
Good job!I'm thinking it might soon come to pass that "all great men have a blog".There aren't that many, if any, Tanzanian blogs that address the issues you want to put across.I'm glad to have been brought on board. Really looking forward to seeing what a great 'knowledge point' it will be.
Aluta Continua!(just had to throw that one in)
- Wednesday, November 26, 2008
- January Makamba said...
Thank you Nancy and Alex...uwanja uko wazi sasa.
- Wednesday, November 26, 2008
- KLH News International said...
Welcome to the world of blogging and citizen journalism; but I got a question for you, why it took you so long?
- Thursday, November 27, 2008
- Thuwein Makamba said...
This is brilliant. An arena where folks can sound off real solutions or at least ideas to the problems we are facing as a nation-rather than bashing the goverment without cementing their exact positions on the issues. Good Stuff!
- Thursday, November 27, 2008
- Bongo Pixs said...
Welcome on board January. welcome in the world of bloggers.
- Thursday, November 27, 2008
- Faustine said...
Welcome to the club! I look forward to stimulating discussion about socio-political issues that affect Africa in General and our country in particular.
I will be droping by to read and share my views.Karibu!
- Thursday, November 27, 2008
- Dan said...
I heard in the wilderness of the good news that the Artist formely known as Curtis is back into "real" world!
Welcome back Brother!
Rev. Kishoka
- Friday, November 28, 2008
Good Job Curtis A.K.A January,and i have to second Mwanakijiji what took you so long?.
Hope to hear more on your blog!
- Friday, November 28, 2008
Thanks for setting up this online instrument. I'm looking forward to being part of your blog discussants.
- Saturday, November 29, 2008
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It only made sense that this couple have a destination wedding in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. Vicki, the gorgeous bride comes from Russia and her handsome husband is from Spain. Fate found them in New York City and brought them together. So keeping with the international theme, they had their wedding at the ever charming Riu Palace Resort in Playa del Carmen (Playacar), Mexico.
The wedding was small, intimate and filled with emotion and laughter. The wedding guests came from the ends of the Earth to celebrate their day; guests from Russia, Bulgaria, Israel, Spain and the United States were all there to show their love for the newlyweds.


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Anti-Jerry Brown ads are pulled, says California Chamber of Commerce
Under fire for launching a television ad attacking Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown, the California Chamber of Commerce said Thursday that it will take the spot off the airwaves.
The surprise move followed complaints from some of the chamber's member companies and directors, including UC President Mark Yudof, said chamber President and CEO Allan Zaremberg.
The spot slammed Brown for his record as California governor and mayor of Oakland. Brown and his wife, Anne Gust, former general counsel for clothing retailer Gap, complained to some member companies, Zaremberg said.
Yudof, who wrote in a Facebook posting that "I did not and do not approve of" the ad, talked personally to the chamber head Wednesday.
Four chamber directors sent the group, which claims about 100 board members, a letter demanding that it stop running the ad.
"We've had members that liked the ad, and we have some members that rather we not continue with that," Zaremberg said.
He said the chamber would be rotating to another commercial that doesn't advocate any position. The Brown ad was still running on Sacramento-area cable TV stations late Thursday afternoon.
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Weekend Roundup
Leen Ritmeyer discusses the restoration work on the building that sits over the location of the Antonia Fortress and hopes that they don't damage the important archaeological remains. (He has an illustration showing where he believes Paul addressed the crowd in Acts 22.)
The Herodium—A Monument to…whose sovereignty? Wayne Stiles provides a surprising twist on this one.
"The greatest church in the world" has been undergoing excavation since 2006 and I had no idea.
Amihai Mazar and Emanuel Tov were among a group of scientists inducted into the Israel Academy of the Sciences and Humanities this week.
The newest issue of Biblical Archaeology Review is the first to carry a photo of the Samson mosaic showing the fox tails on fire. I am disappointed that Samson himself was not preserved. You'll need a subscription to either the print or digital version to see the photo. For the original press release, see here.
New book: The Photographs of the American Palestine Exploration Society, by Rachel Hallote, Felicity Cobbing, and Jeffrey B. Spurr. "This volume includes over 150 never previously published photographs of archaeological sites in the Middle East (Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Israel) taken in 1875 by photographer Tancrede Dumas for the American Palestine Exploration Society." 368 pages, $90.
The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Bible exhibit at Southwestern Seminary in Fort Worth closes in one month. If you have the opportunity, I highly recommend it (and I challenge you to find the large Jerusalem photograph printed in mirror image). Groupon has a 2-for-1 deal, but you'll have to act fast as these sold out before I could mention it last time.
HT: Jack Sasson, Mark Vitalis Hoffman
Renovation of building over the location of the Antonia Fortress. Photo by Alexander Schick.
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Blurb: More than three hundred years after the most terrifying witch hunts the world has ever known, it's happening again.
Young witch, Stella, has to put her faith in strangers just to stay alive but she might not be any safer in their midst than from the danger she is running from.
There is more than one dark secret in her new family: Étoile's sister is spoken of in fear and sadness; Marc is supposed to be a powerful witch but is missing his magic; where does the owner of their safe house vanish to every day and why does Evan have the eyes of someone not quite human? There is only one secret that someone will do anything to keep quiet, but whose secret is it and will Stella have to pay the price for silence?
My review: It is an exciting time to be a writer. With the advent of epublishing, more authors can get their stories out on the market and readers can certainly benefit from this treasure trove of choices. Some are better than others (as it is with traditional publishing too), and when I find one I really like, it truly is special. Camilla Chafer's Illicit Magic is such a book.
My first impression of main heroine Stella was of a too self-absorbed twenty something English woman. She was alone, lonely, came across as sad and her thoughts dragged down the pace in the beginning. But there was something that kept me reading: despite her lonely ways, I liked Stella's humorous, self-deprecating voice. She said things the way she saw them and wasn't afraid to second guess herself or cause one to chuckle. Soon I learned that Stella, as a child, had gone from foster home to foster home, and was now fiercely independent, worked temp jobs and lived in a tiny 'dumpy' apartment. She didn't have friends or family. What she did have were these 'weird' abilities to occasionally make things happen (just from thinking them) or, better yet, to disappear. On the night she is followed home from work and subsequently attacked by some utterly strange beings from a sinister organization called The Brotherhood, my opinion of Stella changed, as did my investment in her life.
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Stella finally finds a family among the magic users she lives with in Meg's house. Etoile and her sister, the adorable Kitty, brooding Marc, and the dark and sexy Evan. I enjoyed the scenes where Evan teaches Stella how to work her magic and how she becomes more confident in herself. There were some instances where I wasn't sure of the English terminology and the occasional typos did stilt the flow at times. I hope the next book focuses a bit more on the other witches and on their world of magic since this beginning book set up quite a believable foundation. I'm looking forward to reading more about Stella and her chums. Illicit Magic offers a lot of action and laughs, features a lovely romance and a heroine definitely worth cheering for.
Rating: I really liked it
Favorite excerpt: "Whether my companions were lost in the film or in their own thoughts I couldn't tell but it did give me the opportunity to look over them. When I looked at Evan, careful to barely adjust my head, I found him already observing me and I held his gaze a long moment before he returned to the book he had opened. He seemed to have been searching my face though I couldn't decipher what for, but I noticed he didn't turn the page for some time even though he looked lost in concentration.
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Cover comment: How cute is this cover? I first thought this was YA and older readers may like this (some sexual situations). I love the simplicity of the glowing orbs and the model posing as Stella. This cover says "Read me!"
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Helen Flanagan has admitted she considered killing herself by crashing her car when things got really bad during her days in Coronation Street.
Helen explained things spiralled out of control during her time on the ITV soap, and things got so bad she eventually decided to quitting the show.
Speaking after her stint on I'm A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here, Helen revealed she has suffered from anxiety since she was a teenage and has been on tablets for Attention Deficit Disorder and bipolar.
But Helen was forced to quit her role as Rosie Webster in the soap when she contemplated suicide and then realised she needed to get help.
The 22-year-old recalled the turning point was when one of her Coronation Street castmates joked that she 'rattles when she walks', in reference to the pills Helen has to take for her disorders.
'I've suffered from anxiety since I was a little girl. I was about 15 when I developed an eating disorder,' Helen told The Sun. 'I was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder quite a few years ago and used to take tablets to help keep that in check. I also take medication for bipolar.
'One day I was on the Corrie set and a cast member — who was also a friend — joked, "Helen Flanagan — she rattles when she walks!" It really hurt me. I went home that night and cried my eyes out.'
But rather than turn to anyone, Helen admits she stopped taking her medication for a year and a half after this incident, which is when she 'spiralled out of control'.
Helen then went on to admit that one day she even thought about crashing her car on her way to work to 'end it all'.
'One day I was driving into the ITV studios and I thought, "Wouldn't it be great if I just crashed my car now and it was all over?"
'After that I knew I had to quit Corrie and get some help.'
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An average half-hour of Los Angeles' local news devotes almost three minutes to crime stories, but only 22 seconds to all kinds of local government coverage, according to a big new study by the Norman Lear Center at the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism.
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House Hearing on Diffusion Network Dominated by Ideological
Washington--Members of the House Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education invited a host of witnesses to Capitol Hill last week to discuss with them the pros and cons of revamping the method by which the National Diffusion Network (ndn) is funded by the federal government.
The House panel members were treated instead to a lengthy and occasionally vituperative debate focusing on the methods used by the ndn to review and approve program materials for nationwide dissemination.
The abrupt and unintended departure from the committee hearing's original topic of discussion was spurred by the recent disclosure that Donald J. Senese, the Education Department's (ed) assistant secretary for educational research and improvement, has ordered the discontinuation of funding for 13 programs that previously had been deemed effective and worthy of funding by the ndn (See Education Week, June 2, 1982.)
That act was characterized during the hearing by Representative William D. Ford, Democrat of Michigan, as being prompted by "the same shibboleths we have been hearing here, that the federal government has been responsible for imposing secular humanism in the classroom."
Although quite different in terms of their stated objectives, the 13 programs all share to some degree an approach to problem solving "by involving students in the decision-making process," according to one of the program directors. The ndn extended dissemination grants to a total of 84 programs last year.
Mr. Senese informed the directors of the programs in letters dated April 22 that the action against them was being taken because, in his opinion, they "were not in the best interest of the federal government."
Grants Kept Frozen
Officials in four of the 13 programs filed suit in U.S. District Court in Trenton, N.J. on May 11 in order to block the ed move. Under the terms of a consent decree issued by U.S. District Judge Dickinson R. Debevoise, the ndn grants for the programs of the four plaintiffs will be kept frozen by ed until the court delivers a ruling on the legality of the proposed cutoff.
On May 28, ed attorneys filed a petition with the court seeking a dismissal of the lawsuit, asking that the judge respond to their request by June 21.
At the House hearing, the most vocal critic of current ndn program-review techniques was Onalee McGraw, chief educational consultant to the Heritage Foundation, the conservative public-policy research organization based in Washington. Ms. McGraw testified on her own behalf before the House panel.
"It has been argued that the [review] process," which is conducted by a group of federal education officials known as the Joint Dissemination Review Panel (jdrp), "is the protection and the guarantee that the projects will be 'exemplary,"' Ms. McGraw said.
After having attended two meetings of the jdrp earlier this year, she said, she could not help but conclude that "the review process is not, from what I can gather, a quality-review process at all.
"The process is simply a process," Ms. McGraw explained. "No criteria of appropriateness of subject matter, educational priorities, or philosophical foundations are considered by the jdrp"
To support her contention, Ms. McGraw cited the jdrp's approval last year of a course developed by a school district in New York in which students analyze ethical problems including such issues as wives leaving their husbands in favor of careers, telling the truth all of the time, and "whether the public good calls for some persons, including unborn children and handicapped persons, to be killed or allowed to die.''
"It is not the students who need a course in ethical decision making but the developers of the course," Ms. McGraw said. "It is not the students who need values clarification but the persons in authority who persist in saying that such projects should be funded."
Ms. McGraw also argued that it is inappropriate for the federal government to endorse such controversial curriculum materials for use in school districts around the country.
Supporters of the ndn argue that "the federal government is really not 'controlling' what local schools do in the area of content and curriculum" by approving certain programs for federal dissemination grants, Ms. McGraw said. But the jdrp "stamp of approval" itself repudiates the principle that issues of curriculum are to be decided by local school boards "responsible in their decisions to the deliberate sense of the community they represent," she added.
During questioning, however, Representative Ford alleged that Ms. McGraw and her supporters were not opposed to the ndn's approving programs that focus on values clarification so much as they were opposed to the approval of programs that deal with values that conservative groups oppose.
"On one hand you say that you support prayer in public schools, but on the other you say that the federal government has no right to advocate values clarification," he said. "You're saying that you are against the teaching of values in the classroom, but I think that if the values being taught were those of the King James Version of the Bible, that would be O.K."
"I would be just as concerned to see the federal government fund my own pet projects as I would be to see it fund someone else's," Ms. McGraw responded.
Revise Funding Method
Later in the hearing, the subcommittee members and witnesses returned to a discussion of their original topic of the day--namely, HR 5818, a bill sponsored by Representative Dale E. Kildee, Democrat of Michigan, that would revise the method by which the ndn receives its federal funding.
Financial problems are nothing new to the eight-year-old federal program. The ndn was created in 974 under the aegis of Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1974 "in order to capitalize on federal investments of billions of dollars between 1965 and 1974 in research, development, and demonstration programs which were not being used outside districts where they had first emerged," according to Lee E. Wickline, director of the ndn
In the fiscal years 1974 and 1975, its first two years of operation, the ndn received federal appropriations of $9.1 million and $8.4 million, respectively. But in 1976, the section of Title III under which the ndn was funded was repealed by the Congress, leaving it with no new federal monies and little hope for survival.
"The fascinating thing about that entire episode is that we were quite successful in meeting our objectives in both 1974 and 1975," Mr. Wickline said in an interview before the hearing.
"The people at the local level who received ndn grants believed in what they were doing and were able to obtain support from a variety of other sources that year," he said.
In 1977, funding for the ndn was reauthorized by the Congress under Section 422(a) of the General Education Provisions Act (gepa). The ndn operated under gepa from 1977 until last summer, when its authorization was shifted once again, this time to Chapter II, better known as the State Block Grant, of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ecia).
According to David M. McCon-key, a member of the National Dissemination Study Group who testified at the hearing, the ndn is authorized under Chapter II as a program to be funded by means of the Secretary of Education's discretionary fund.
Six percent of the monies appropriated for Chapter II is reserved by the Secretary for this fund, part of which he is to use to finance ndn activities. In fiscal 1982, the ndn received approximately $10.3 million from this fund.
But due to the nature of the Secretary's discretionary fund, Mr. McConkey pointed out, funding for the ndn is limited by the amount appropriated for Chapter II.
Under current law, he said, for every additional dollar that that Congress might want to appropriate to the ndn, an additional $50 would have to be appropriated for Chapter II.
Representative Kildee's bill, Mr. McConkey explained, would keep the ndn as part of the Secretary's discretionary portion of Chapter II. However, if the Congress should decide that the funding level under Chapter II in a given year is insufficient to meet the ndn's needs, a line item would be available to fund the ndn at whatever level the Congress determines to be appropriate.
Furthermore, Mr. McConkey said, the listing of ndn in ecia marked the first time that the program was specifically named in federal law.
"At the same time, no description or purpose was given, so the program must be carried out with no legal guidelines," he added. "This situation places the Secretary in the awkward position of being required to carry out a program with no indication in the law indicating the manner in which its work is to be carried out, or whether it could be changed."
Currently, the ndn is suffering "from a lack of proper legislative authority," Mr. McConkey said. "[Assistant Secretary Senese] is treating the program as being within his complete discretion. The approval of projects has been subject to his whim. We are sure that, if departmental officials are aware that the Congress takes a particular interest in the ndn, they will be less likely to be capricious regarding its administration."
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