Re: New York Times article

[Steve Clem <cclem@kent.edu>]

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>From: "Don Ward" <donrward@hotmail.com>
>To: cclem@kent.edu
>Subject: Re: New York Times article
>Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 16:52:44 GMT
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>Steve: Last evening I was talking with at a young man who has a volunteer 
>position with the Presbyterian church headquarters here in Louisville. His 
>group's mission is not unlike ours ie getting at the poverty in the world 
>and finding ways to get at the gap between the haves and the have nots. I 
>told him a little about COG. He then shared the following story. He had a 
>paid position with an agency in southern India. During his stay he 
>discovered that some agency, bank or whatever made very low interest loans, 
>mostly to cottage industries, most headed by women. It's purpose was to put 
>them in business, probably not unlike the "village smithy" who once thrived 
>in this country. Could it be that the agency he referred is the one you 
>mentioned. I am not sure how COG feels about cottage industries as examples 
>of ownership. Assuming that the United Nation program is different could the 
>program he described be something that we might want to learn more about, if 
>COG has an interest.Don Ward
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>>From: Steve Clem <cclem@kent.edu>
>>To: eotrans@cog.kent.edu
>>Subject: New York Times article
>>Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 10:13:47 -0400
>>
>>One of the organizations dealing with the fact that more than 1/5 of the
>>world's population live in extreme poverty is the United Nations
>>Development Program.  Part of its mission is to help countries achieve
>>sustainable human development  by assisting them in building a capacity to
>>carry out development programs in poverty eradication, employment creation
>>and sustainable livelihoods.
>>
>>The UNDP supports programs that assist in developing economic and social
>>policies and programs to address the whole range of factors that contribute
>>to poverty.  The UNDP supports programs that seek to, among other things,
>>(1) generate opportunities for employment and (2)  empower men and women
>>through access to assets and productive resources.
>>
>>There should certainly be a place for employee ownership in the design of
>>these poverty reduction strategies.  UNDP could, for example, provide some
>>funding for education about employee ownership in countries where employee
>>ownership might be suitable and require such education as a part of its
>>intervention.
>>
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