I’ve been watching CNN again.
This time I listened to the founder of Microsoft talking about how the worlds leading companies can help the “bottom Billion” out of poverty.
Bit vague and I wonder just how many of the hardened CEOs at the Davos Conference in Switzerland are going to rush back home and pour money into Africa and other poverty stricken societies?
That said the Chinese Government and industry is heavily investing in Africa. They are not daft. Africa has emense riches and potential. So should ‘The West’ do the same? Should we open our markets to the ‘developing world?’
Can we deny growth for the ‘Third World?’ I don’t think so. We must act together to liberate the ‘Bottom Billion’ and Creative Capitalism is part (only part…) of the answer. We need to encourage clean energy production and conservation. Free and fair trade so everyone can earn a living.
We also have to realise that the developing nations are equal partners in the running of the planet. But don’t get me started on that one…. yet!