ISYS 3215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Nigerian Americans, Millennium Development Goals, Clinical Trial

• School: Boston College
• Department: Information Systems
• Course: ISYS 3215
• Professor: John Gallaugher

Document Summary

Dayo olopade: nigerian american journalist, talks about her experience as a nigerian american and as a journalist. Main ideas: changing the perception of africa. We are still waiting criticizes image of africa and should be looking at it as capable instead of waiting for foreign aid. Fat and lean economies: fat abundance is the norm, lean struggle with disease, unemployment, lack of electricity more innovation and less waste. Kanju: specific creativity born from african difficulty, rule bending to make a living, similar to resilience but more forward thinking, propel yourself forward. Fail states: different from failed states gov. that is not functional, high level of corruption and failure to provide basic services, basic understanding that you are on your own, due to history of arbitrary borders. People don"t have loyalty to their gov. because they don"t have strong nationality: fail states lead to kanju solutions. Development practices: criticism of the millennium development goals. Deductive approach from outside in: swedow.