In some ways it is.
Feelings are more important than facts for adherents to science only when it suits.
But in one important measure – GDP per head, life is improving for rich and poor.
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Technology is helping with the improvement.
When we were in Zambia a few years ago, we learned how mobile banking had enabled poor people to have accounts where their wages were electronically deposited and from which they could make payments.
This was both safer, and far more convenient than cash and the need to travel long distances to a bank.
Ele Ludemann is a North Otago farmer and journalist, who blogs HERE - where this article was sourced.
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