THE NEED FOR INTELLECTUAL EXCHANGE, thinking outside the box, and cooperation has never been greater. Vast poverty and inequality contribute to global problems, such as climate change, disease, environmental destruction and armed conflict. Galvanizing societies and institutions to solve these unprecedented challenges requires a renewed effort and enhanced capacity to create and transform knowledge into reform. Consequently, just as in so many other fields, a stepped-up rate of successful innovation will be of the essence in achieving development results.
We know that ours is a world of change that will go through a massive re-thinking of its ways in the next decade. This also applies to the development profession and its recipes for reform and change. All of us are challenged to reinvent our work by adopting and adapting technology and social theory much more rapidly, or fall behind. We must develop the “Apps for Development” that can make us more efficient, effective and help us benefit the lives of many more people.
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Author: Sanjay Pradhan
