Anil Gupta spoke at TED India about innovation among the poor. He also talked about how they are often exploited. They come up with ideas, others use them in some way but don't give credit where credit it due. That kind of must stop. So he has a honeybee network where innovators among the poor can connect, and be known and credited with their innovations.
Anil has some wonderful examples like Md. Saidullah, a seventy year old man, who created an amphibious bicycle. He shows Sheikh Jahangira, who uses a two wheeler to carry a small powered grinder and washing machine around selling it as a service. It's a great example of how the poor can be the answers to their own poverty.
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