V K Madhavan  Operations Director , A4e India Pvt Ltd  This
conversation is closed.  Technology can improve life - even
dramatically - but to believe that it is the panacea of poverty
or hunger is flawed.  Increasingly, people are seeking
technological solutions to poverty and hunger. While technology
could address issues of information asymmetry, this would be
possible only if the poor possess or can easily access
technology. The belief that technology - in particular the
internet and mobiles - can solve these problems is an
oversimplification of the causes of poverty and hunger and can
lead to the alleviation efforts being misdirected.    • thumb
Jun 26 2011: I fully agree      As far as I'm informed, hunger
and poverty are distribution problems (at least partly).
There is enough food for everybody in this world, as their is
wealth and abundance      We could try and think how this can be
solved: how can money and food be re-structured or adapted in
ways everybody gets a share?     Are we willing to