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Press Review
(May 18, 2008)
Our friends at CKS in Bangalore have published a hefty research document called Emerging Economy Report. Key regions of the world, the report states, are being transformed by the phenomenon whereby soft infrastructure - such as, especially, mobile phone networks - is installed despite the absence of hard infrastructure (such as roads, or nation-spanning power grids). This is a crucial element of what Ezio Manzini calls the “leapfrog hypothesis” in which developing countries jump over the environmentally most damaging stages of industrial development.
(April 02, 2008)
The Centre for Knowledge Societies (CKS), an innovation consulting company, today released the ‘Emerging Economy Report’ that highlights the information replacing industrialism in the emerging economies world over.
(April 02, 2008)
The Center for Knowledge Societies (CKS), India’s first and only innovation consulting company, today released ‘The Emerging Economy Report’ in Bangalore. This report focuses on seven countries: India, China, Indonesia, South Africa, Kenya, Egypt and Brazil. These key regions of the world, the report claims are experiencing Informationalization under conditions of limited or partial industrialization.
“India will learn to manufacture faster than China will learn to market”
Emerging Economy Report Press Release Note (April 02, 2008)
Key findings of the Emerging Economy Report
- Emerging Economies will sustain the Global Economy
- Indian and Chinese investments will drive Africa’s growth
- Soft Infrastructure is being installed despite the absence of Hard Infrastructure
- Informal Economies drive User Innovation in Emerging Economies
- Emerging Economies are innovating Environmentally Efficient modes of Energy Consumption
Expert Review
“The Report would give corporations a new global vision and help them find their societal and environmental mission.”
- John Thackara, Founder of Doors of Perception
“The Report turns conventional wisdom on its head with its insights into why non-industrialized nations have been able to grow rapidly.”
- Paronjoy Guha-Thakurta, Noted Economist and Commentator
“It is clear that the Report is based on in-depth qualitative, quantitative, and visual research. It feels authoritative and yet compelling.”
- Elizabeth Tunstall, Associate Professor of Design Anthropology at University of Illinois at Chicago and Associate Director of the City Design Center, Chicago
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