http://www.nextbillion.net/newsroom/2008/04/24/interview-with-ide-founder-paul-polak Comments for "Interview with IDE Founder Paul Polak" en http://www.nextbillion.net/newsroom/2008/04/24/interview-with-ide-founder-paul-polak <div class="flexinode-body flexinode-4"><span class="flexinode-timestamp-13"> April 24, 2008 - 00:00, </span> <span class="flexinode-textfield-14"> NPR</span> <div class="flexinode-textfield-15"> Paul Polak, Tackling Global Poverty His Own Way</div><br> <div class="form-item"> <label>Story Link:</label> <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89848686">http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89848686</a> </div> <div class="flexinode--41"> <strong>Teaser: </strong><br /> <strong>Interview from<em> Fresh Air from WHYY</em> on April 23, 2008<br /></strong><br />Paul Polak, founder of the nonprofit International Development Enterprises, has spent 25 years working to eradicate poverty in Bangladesh, India, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe and other countries in the developing world. <p><br />His perhaps-surprising conclusion: Government subsidies for the rural poor often make things worse. <br /><br />Instead, Polak teaches families and farmers - many of whom live on a dollar a day and own perhaps an acre of land - how to increase crop yields with simple technologies, such as cheap, foot-operated water pumps and inexpensive drip hoses for irrigation. </p><br class="clear" /></div> <div class="flexinode-textarea-6"> <strong>Interview from<em> Fresh Air from WHYY</em> on April 23, 2008<br /></strong><br />Paul Polak, founder of the nonprofit International Development Enterprises, has spent 25 years working to eradicate poverty in Bangladesh, India, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe and other countries in the developing world. <p><br />His perhaps-surprising conclusion: Government subsidies for the rural poor often make things worse. <br /><br />Instead, Polak teaches families and farmers - many of whom live on a dollar a day and own perhaps an acre of land - how to increase crop yields with simple technologies, such as cheap, foot-operated water pumps and inexpensive drip hoses for irrigation. <br /><br /></p><br class="clear" /></div> </div> http://www.nextbillion.net/newsroom/2008/04/24/interview-with-ide-founder-paul-polak#comment Successful Models Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:11:49 -0500 Francisco Noguera 5461 at http://www.nextbillion.net