TED中英双语演讲稿How mobile phones can fight poverty.pdfVIP

How mobile phones can fight poverty Iqbal Quadir 2006-10-10 /talks/iqbal_quadir_how_mobile_phones_can_fight_poverty Pollykann - A powerful video player (App) for learning languages provided technical support for the subtitles. 本字幕由【小鹦看看】- 用了会后悔，不用更后悔的外语学习App，提供技术支持。 Ill just take you to Bangladesh for a minute. 先请大家观看一段有关孟加拉的视频。 Before I tell that story, we should ask ourselves the question: 在我开始演讲之前，我想请大家先思考一个问题。 Why does poverty exist? 贫穷为什么会存在？ I mean, there is plenty of knowledge and scientific breakthroughs. 我是说，人类实现了许多知识和科技的突破。 We all live in the same planet, 我们生活在同一星球， but theres still a great deal of poverty in the world. 但世界上仍存在许多贫穷的地方。 And I think -- so I want to throw a perspective that I have, 我想先谈谈我的观点， so that we can assess this project, or any other project, for that matter, 然后看看我的项目或者其他项目， to see whether its contributing or -- 究竟是拉大 contributing to poverty or trying to alleviate it. 还是缩小了贫富差距。 Rich countries have been sending aid to poor countries for the last 60 years. 60年来，富国一直为穷国提供援助。 And by and large, this has failed. 总体来说，这些努力并未收到成效。 And you can see this book, 大家可以看看这本书， written by someone who worked in the World Bank for 20 years, 作者曾为世界银行工作了20年。 and he finds economic growth in this country to be elusive. 他发现，这个国家难以实现经济增长。 By and large, it did not work. 总的来说，这些援助对经济增长并不奏效。 So the question is, why is that? 问题是，为什么？ In my mind, there is something to learn from the history of Europe. 在我看来，我们可以从欧洲的历史得到启发。 I mean, even here, yesterday I was walking across the street, 我是说，即使在这里，昨天我过马路的地方， and they showed three bishops were executed 500 years ago, 就是三位主教在500年前被处死的地方。 right across the street from here. 就在街对面。 So my point is, theres a lot of struggle has gone in Europe, 我想说的是，在欧洲，人们经历过许多斗争， where citizens were empowered by technologies. 他们由于技术的进步而变得更有力量。 And they demanded authorities from -- 他们要求至高的权威 to come down from their high horses. 走下神坛。 And in the end, theres better bargaining 最终，权威与公民之间的