Crowdsourcing does have a role when you need to get feedback on a concept from potential users to see if it is is marketable. But that is different from coming up with the breakthrough ideas.
"Growth is innovation, and you can't know in advance how to do the innovative thing, or else it wouldn't be an innovation. Development is BOTTOM-UP ...
This paper "Beyond Planning: Markets and Networks for Better Aid" by Owen Barder at CGD looks worth reading. Here is the summary: The political econ...
A number of commenters have asked me to weigh in on the lively debate that emerged from David Roodman's ...
