Articles by Ethan Arpi
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Wednesday
July 12
2006In South Africa, Cars Run On Vegetable Oil
Ah, wouldn?t it be nice to be Venezuelan?? Not only are Venezuelans governed by a coffee guzzling fiend who, at one point, drank twenty-six cups of espresso a day (now, he is down to only sixteen cups), but they also enjoy the lowest gasoline prices in the world.? At 12 cents per gallon, a...
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Friday
July 7
2006Green Fuel Has a Dirty Little Secret
Thanks to President Bush, there is nothing more patriotic these days than looking for ways to end America?s oil addiction. So when I came across this article, Tapping the Latent Power in What’s Left Around the Barnyard, while perusing the New York Times on the 4th of July, I knew I had...
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Friday
July 7
2006Consumer Credit Hits Brazil
For someone like Marcia Regina da Cruz, a Brazilian janitor who earns just over $150 per month, grocery shopping is a painfully difficult task.? What this mother of three can buy to feed her children is almost always determined by the amount of spare change she can muster on a given day.? So...
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Thursday
July 6
2006“All The News That’s Fit To Print”
Here?s the skinny on BOP news in the Blogosphere:?Nicholas Deleon of Gizmodo.com writes about a $150 laptop that will soon be sold in rural China and South East Asia. Unlike Negroponte?s version, the personal computer discussed here will not have a hand crank but will be powered by a...
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Wednesday
July 5
2006Can Those $100 Laptops Be Recycled?
?Closing the digital divide? has become a mantra echoed throughout the development community. And for good reason; the most innovative technologies like solar panels, cell phones, and computers have been utilized by the BOP to generate greater income and economic opportunity. But as...
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Wednesday
June 28
2006Microsoft Extends a Helping Hand to India’s Salt Miners
In an earlier post I made the point that technology alone will not lead to moral progress.? Indeed, it takes the proper set of social institutions and cultural practices for technology to be leveraged to achieve just ends.? In Kharagodha, a small and arid salt-mining village in western India,...
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Wednesday
June 28
2006Dumpster Diving in China
When I was a college student my roommates would occasionally bring home a dozen or more loaves of free bread, which they found while rummaging through the dumpster located behind the nearest Companion Bakery. Although they were just amateur dumpster divers, my roommates knew exactly where and...
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Monday
June 26
2006Moral Growth
Writing during the US?s dismal performance at the World Cup, David Brooks, liberals? favorite conservative, threw a low blow in an attempt to level the playing field. ?No American player has managed to put a ball into the back of the net, but the U.S. team does lead the world in one vital...
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