[Stoves] Cleaning Dung

[Andrew C. Parker]

Richard and Crispin,

First, I would like to point out that while I am interested in your  
tangent, I am not sure that future generations will take note, given the  
title. ;-)

Second, many years ago at an Overseas Development Network Conference at  
Stanford, one of the presenters proposed that an effective method for  
development would be to start up a business, train workers, take the  
brightest and most aggressive of them and fire them, or otherwise  
encourage them to leave, so they will start up competing businesses, then  
let your own business die away quietly and take your leave.

I never saw a study done.  I suppose, other than the risk of bodily harm,  
it might be a viable strategy, but how would you sell it to a donor?


Andrew Parker