Professional Documents
Culture Documents
in Developing Countries:
Recurring Issues
Clayton R. Wright
crwr77@gmail.com
Leading to:
• alternative power sources such as solar and wind
• technological devices that use minimal power
or have built-in electrical generating devices
• the establishment of wireless networks
Clayton R. Wright, PhD
2009 No. 7
Cost of bandwidth
Western courses
introduce western values.
The implementation of
technology does not mean
that cultural and social
differences disappear.
Sometimes, the differences
are magnified.
Intel offers the Classmate for $300 US. Lenovo (IBM Thinkpad) offers a
$199 US computer to 800 million rural Chinese who earned an average of
$560 US in 2006. Their wages are increasing at a rate of 10% per year.
Clayton R. Wright, PhD
2009 No. 15
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