USA: One Step Closer to Lifting HIV Travel Ban
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Last week the U.S. government initiated the final steps required to lift
long-standing travel and immigration restrictions imposed on HIV-positive
foreigners.
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ICT soldier here!
Diaspora investments tickles me to the very core -- in a positive way, that is :-)
Permit me to introduce another major ICT-Diaspora connection here:
Anybody in sub-Saharan Africa who knows a thing or two about leveraging ICT for economic development is always quick to brandish the PSA (Singapore) story, and very few understand or acknowledge the 'diaspora Engineering' underpinnings. When Singapore started planning this ICT leveraged PSA concept, they had practically no ICT skills, and they knew it was impractical to 'buy' all the ICT skills (expatriates)they needed from the west. Instead, they massively shipped out their citizens to the west to go learn ICT skills (with scholarships of course and very compelling 'be-sure-to-come-back-home' incentives)and by golly, IT WORKED!
The Celtic tiger woke up in the 90s and smiled on ICT, and before you could say 'Erin-go-bragh', a throng of ICT-skilled Irish diaspora returned to Ireland,... and need I say more about the economic growth trajectory of Ireland since the 90s?
And of course, the Indian diaspora was also critical in realizing their currently booming ICT souk.
Sub-Saharan Africa on the other hand has a plethora of ICT (as well as other kinds of) skills abroad -- most people say that's mostly potential energy right now, but thank God for the likes of "Timbuktu chronicles" who are saying it's here, and I agree totally. We however, need to set some policies in place and facilitate a good nurturing environment for diaspora ICT goodies.
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