David vs. Goliath? Small is Beautiful
David vs. Goliath? Small is Beautiful David vs. Goliath? Small is Beautiful As Carola Schwank outlined in our last blog posting , technology plays a major role in overcoming basic supply problems. Some people might wonder why the “empowering people. Award” focuses on low-end solutions in this context. How can simple and low-cost technologies tackle the most pressing problems in the developing world? Small is Beautiful - moladi Small is Beautiful #empoweringPeople - Technology for basic needs It is a fair question, but there are good reasons why David can beat Goliath. Our reports on how to bring decent housing to poor communities (Moladi) or how to simplify agricultural tasks (GCS) by using simple and, at the same time, genius technologies, proves that small is beautiful! It was Dr. Ernst Friedrich Schumacher who coined this term. The economist and philosopher wanted to stress that small-scale technologies are the ones needed in the fight against poverty