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 NEW YORK (AP) - A new breed of industrial designer is confronting Third World poverty with innovative products aimed at encouraging rural entrepreneurs.
Instead of advocating aid giveaways with uncertain results, these socially conscious designers hew to the profit motive and sell their products to the poor. They say their strategy fosters dignity, not dependence, and ensures sustainability.
By creating simple, efficient gadgets for poor countries, the designers aim to provide Africans, Asians and Latin Americans with the means to generate cash on local markets.
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