[Stoves] Cleaning Dung

[Crispin Pemberton-Pigott]

Dear Andrew P

What an interesting strategy. Has it not been done a thousand times in real life by the arrogant, the clueless, the unfortunate and the wise?  

It is a good idea. One problem is the attributes you describe are sometimes absent in a community - there are simply no western style entrepreneurs. Running a business is quite difficult in most countries. Those with the desire to do so already do in some places. 

Nonetheless the approach would certainly get tongues wagging around my table!  The Mongolians take a related approach to the training of soldiers and guard dogs (etc). 

Regards
Crispin
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From: "Andrew C. Parker" <acparker at xmission.com>
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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:29:52 
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Subject: Re: [Stoves] Cleaning Dung

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

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