Information flows in a Knowledge Economy
March 22nd, 2009I am a huge Kiva evangelist, enabling anybody anywhere to provide micro loans to entrepreneurs in developing countries. The capital flows are very neat.
Imagine though getting knowledge flowing in a Kiva like system.
You match up entrepreneurs in developing countries with entrepreneurs in the western world.
For sure there are barriers such as language, technology use (at the other end), lack of context by information providers.
However these aside I think there is a real need. The cross pollination would benefit both parties.
Imagine dedicating an hour a week to work with or chat with an entrepreneur on the other side of the world. That would be a real dream.
Oh also it would enhance the catch up effect of developing countries. Just a thought.