Posted in Leadership, Public Policy, tagged Gandhi and Marting Luther King. Jr., I have a dream, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Jr., MLK, Quotes from Martin Luther King Jr., Words of Wisdom from Martin Luther King Jr. on January 17, 2011| 1 Comment »
Today is Martin Luther King Day here in the US- a federal holiday recognizing this great man. It’s a great time to reflect and contemplate some of his most inspiring and thought provoking quotes (below). (more…)
Posted in Book Review, Economics, India, Internet, Public Policy, Technology, tagged Foreign Policy Top 100 Global Thinkers, Reading List from Top 100 Global Thinkers, Recommended books by Top 100 Global Thinkers on December 31, 2010| 3 Comments »
In my previous post, I mentioned the recommended book list from Foreign Policy’s Top 100 Global Thinkers of 2010. Here’s a slide show version the book list on Foreign Policy’s site. For a quick glance at Top 20 books, here’s the full list in one spot with the book description offered by Foreign Policy magazine.
Posted in China, Economics, Globalization, India, Public Policy, Technology, tagged Analysis of Foreign Policy Magazine's Top 100 Global Thinkers, Foreign Policy Magazine, Foreign Policy Top 100 Global Thinkers of 2010, Raghuram Rajan, Warren Buffet and Bill Gates # 1 on Foreign Policy's Top 100 Global Thinkers List on December 30, 2010| 2 Comments »
Foreign Policy magazine just published their list of the Top 100 Global Thinkers of 2010 who most influenced the global marketplace. A very worthwhile article that I would recommend reading— you can read the report here.
The report provides an overview for each person and their achievements and thinking that led to their inclusion. Also, the results of a survey of intriguing global questions asked and responded to by the majority of the recipients is a must read. Additionally, a book list of the top 20 books recommended by the Top Thinkers is a great resource for all readers of the article (Fault Lines by Raghuram Rajan is the # 1 recommended book). (more…)
Posted in Energy, Environment, Public Policy, Technology, tagged Andy Grove, Clean technologies, Green technology, Intel, Intel Alumni on September 17, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Tonight, I went to an Intel Alumni (I spent 5 years at Intel) seminar featuring Intel alumni who are now focused on clean technologies. Legendary Andy Grove was the keynote speaker. It was great to see Andy Grove— it’s always a treat to hear his perspectives on business, technology, and the issues of the day. While he remains a senior advisor to Intel’s board and management, he is also actively interested in energy policy and often gives speeches on the topic. Along, with Grove’s perspectives, Intel alumni in the entrepreneur, product, or investor spaces of clean technologies provided additional perspective on the opportunities and challenges facing these technologies. Below are some of the key points made by Grove and others and my observations of the night. (more…)
Posted in Public Policy, tagged Health Care Spending as a % of GDP, Hospital Beds per 1000 Population, Jacob Weisberg, Obama Health Care Plan, OECD, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, The Healing of America, TR Reid on July 23, 2009| 3 Comments »
This month, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released a comprehensive health data report, comparing health care statistics across OECD countries. Their website and study can be found here and an excel file with a sampling of their data is also available. With the recent flurry around the Obama administration’s health care proposals, it feels like a good time to look at some of the more interesting data sets to me:
Posted in India, Internet, Public Policy, Technology, tagged Corruption, Corruption Index, Estonia, Freedom House, India, Internet Freedom, Internet Freedom correlation to Corruption, Internet Freedom Index, Transparency International on May 24, 2009| 2 Comments »
I recently read the excellent study by Freedom House which measured Internet Freedom in 2007 and 2008 across a sample of 15 countries in 6 regions. The study is available here–(March 2009- Freedom on the Net, A Global Assessment of Internet and Digitial Media)– would highly recommend reading this free report. The methodology they used includes factors such as the country’s telecommunications infrastructure, government policy towards access to technology, regulatory policy for service providers, censorship and content control, legal structure and surveillance practices along with the independence and dynamism of new media in the country. Here’s a graphical depiction of the results (Green implies free, Blue is partly free, and Red is not free) (more…)
Posted in Book Review, Public Policy, tagged Congo, Developing countries, Educating Girls, Education, Shashi Tharoor, United Nations on February 25, 2009| 13 Comments »
What does the former # 2 United Nations official recommend as the top action to help developing countries?
I picked up Time Magazine this weekend and came across the article “A Glimmer of Hope in Africa”. While it talks about some of the improvements in Congo, the first paragraph of the article lays out some of the common problems in emerging countries such as Congo:
“A region with great natural wealth, riven by war, racked with hunger and traumatized by a long history of colonial abuse, postcolonial kleptocracy and plunder. In the past 10 years alone, millions have died here, and more die each day as a result of the conflict. Most die not from war wounds but from starvation or disease. A lack of infrastructure means there is little medical care in the cities and none in rural communities, so any infection can be a death sentence. The most vulnerable suffer the worst. One in five children in Congo will die before reaching the age of 5″
That paragraph mentions lack of infrastructure, widespread disease, starvation, high infant mortality rates, tribal wars, lack of medical care in rural areas. (more…)
Reading, Writing, and Reflecting 