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Hi Dan, this is a very interesting post indeed. I wonder how much press coverage the idea of digital reverse development has got. I see it as the opposite of the 'trickle-down' effect - this is sort of a 'trickle-up' effect, if you will, with the transfer of knowledge and ideas from the global South to North instead of vice-versa. I think there is also an element of history involved: traditionally, knowledge transfer has been from the North to the South and so culturally, some parts of the world (or some organisations) may be averse to admitting that they can indeed benefit from the words of the South.

My Master's thesis was on the subject of social capital and how in times of poverty and stress, poor families fall upon their personal and shared networks to get through. I like what you mentioned about the need to focus on women, who drive 'informal social networks in developing countries'.