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took on new levels of authority, as did regional delivery and health outcomes. Companies,
systems like the Association of Southeast Asian NGOs, and governments — often acting
Nations (ASEAN), the New Partnership for together — launched pilot programs and learning
Africa’s Development (NEPAD), and the Asian labs to figure out how to best meet the needs
Development Bank (ADB). The worldwide spirit of particular communities, increasing the
knowledge base of what worked and what didn’t.
“WHAT IS OFTEN SURPRISING Pharmaceuticals giants released thousands of
ABOUT NEW TECHNOLOGIES drug compounds shown to be effective against
diseases like malaria into the public domain
IS COLLATERAL DAMAGE: THE
as part of an “open innovation” agenda; they
EXTENT OF THE PROBLEM THAT also opened their archives of R&D on neglected

YOU CAN CREATE BY SOLVING diseases deemed not commercially viable,
ANOTHER PROBLEM IS ALWAYS A offering seed funding to scientists who wanted
BIT OF A SURPRISE.” to carry the research forward.

– Michael Free, Program for Appropriate There was a push for major innovations in
Technology in Health (PATH) energy and water for the developing world,
as those areas were thought to be the key to
of collaboration also fostered new alliances and improving equity. Better food distribution was
Scenarios for the Future of Technology and International Development These strong alliances laid the groundwork for In 2022, a consortium of nations, NGOs, and
alignments among corporations, NGOs, and
also high on the agenda, and more open markets
communities.
and south-south trade helped make this a reality.

companies established the Global Technology
more global and participatory attempts to solve
big problems and raise the standard of living of
Assessment Office, providing easily accessible,
real-time information about the costs and
everyone. Coordinated efforts to tackle long-
benefits of various technology applications to
entrenched problems like hunger, disease, and
access to basic needs took hold. New inexpensive
developing and developed countries alike. All
more effective vaccines improved healthcare
real problems, opening up new opportunities
28 technologies like better medical diagnostics and of these efforts translated into real progress on