Re: New York Times article

[Steve Clem <cclem@kent.edu>]

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>From: "Cecile G. Betit" <cgbetit@Sover.Net>
>To: "Steve Clem" <cclem@kent.edu>
>Subject: Re: New York Times article
>Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 06:03:09 -0400
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Steve Clem <cclem@kent.edu>
>To: eotrans@cog.kent.edu <eotrans@cog.kent.edu>
>Date: Monday, September 25, 2000 1:36 PM
>Subject: Re: New York Times article
>
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>>>X-Originating-IP: [24.4.252.105]
>>>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
>>>X-OriginalArrivalTime: 25 Sep 2000 16:52:44.0922 (UTC)
>>FILETIME=[06D985A0:01C02711]
>>>
>>>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
>>>
>>>
>>>>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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