Outsourcing Is Not (Always) Evil
The United States can outsource certain kinds of “microwork,” such as accurately digitizing large swaths of information, to developing countries
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From Tina Rosenberg and David Bornstein / New York Times: In a mountainous region of Lesotho, a man named Tsepo Kotelo visits 20 villages every week on his new motorcycle to provide health care to local villagers. The Elton John AIDS Foundation gifted the motorcycles to Kotelo and his colleagues, allowing them to increase the number of patients they visit by 600 percent. An organization called Riders for Health helps maintain the bikes, ensuring that remote villages will continue to receive medical care.
The United States can outsource certain kinds of “microwork,” such as accurately digitizing large swaths of information, to developing countries
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