Comments on: Tech solutions to under-development http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2007/09/24/tech-solutions-to-under-development/ Exploring How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything Sun, 28 Aug 2011 14:21:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Denis Hancock http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2007/09/24/tech-solutions-to-under-development/comment-page-1/#comment-38458 Denis Hancock Thu, 27 Sep 2007 22:56:11 +0000 http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2007/09/24/tech-solutions-to-under-development/#comment-38458 I think there's a Maslow's Hierarchy analogy in here somewhere for the one laptop per child initiative... What do you mean by broader macro level exactly? Oddly, the thing that disturbs me about Kiva is that when I look through field partners the VAST, VAST majority have deliquency and default rates of zero. That makes me suspicious that something funny is going on... how could that many micro loans be made and absolutely no deliquencies or defaults arise? I think there’s a Maslow’s Hierarchy analogy in here somewhere for the one laptop per child initiative…

What do you mean by broader macro level exactly?

Oddly, the thing that disturbs me about Kiva is that when I look through field partners the VAST, VAST majority have deliquency and default rates of zero.

That makes me suspicious that something funny is going on… how could that many micro loans be made and absolutely no deliquencies or defaults arise?

]]> By: Naumi Haque http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2007/09/24/tech-solutions-to-under-development/comment-page-1/#comment-37643 Naumi Haque Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:24:32 +0000 http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2007/09/24/tech-solutions-to-under-development/#comment-37643 According to the article, the cost of the laptop is $188 (still aiming for $100), but they are selling two for $399. So really, they are making a small profit if people decide to invest in the project. Also, as Cory Doctorow of BoingBoing points out, the Get One, Give One campaign precludes those that get involved from recouping any tax benefits: "I just wish that this was structured as a donation to the Foundation, since I think they'd sell a ton of these if the purchasers could get a tax-receipt for them just before the tax year closes." According to the article, the cost of the laptop is $188 (still aiming for $100), but they are selling two for $399. So really, they are making a small profit if people decide to invest in the project.

Also, as Cory Doctorow of BoingBoing points out, the Get One, Give One campaign precludes those that get involved from recouping any tax benefits: “I just wish that this was structured as a donation to the Foundation, since I think they’d sell a ton of these if the purchasers could get a tax-receipt for them just before the tax year closes.”

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