Since 2012, Mercy Corps has been working to empower Malian communities to cope with and recover from resource scarcity, particularly in fragile conflict-affected areas.
I did get a few delightful surprises though: Half way through one workshop we were asked to "switch" our perspective from resource scarcity to resource plenty (or vice versa, depending on where you placed yourself when starting the sessions).
The rest were situated on a spectrum ranging from resource scarcity is real enough to hurt the economy (but not that real) right up to we have infinite resources.
80 pp. ISBN: 0-309-09690-1, $18 From ReScarcitycarcito to Ecological Security: Exploring New Limits to Growth Dennis Pirages, Ken Cousins, eds.
Further, not all "reverse innovations" stem from economic scarcity; scientists and program managers in poor countries are endowed with creativity and cultural resources just like their rich-country counterparts, and partners on both sides have lessons to share.
The domain name problem, he says, stems from the scarcity of domain names, much of which will be alleviated when Icann next year approves new domain names to supplement.com,.gov,.org and.net.net
This type of uncertainty stems from a scarcity of data, which is especially pronounced for time periods before reliable modern measurements, and for regions in the southern hemisphere where there are fewer observational stations.
Controversies stem from the scarcity of data from randomized studies and the potential for bias in observational studies due to differences in the baseline health status between those who are vaccinated and those who are not (7, 8).
The second complication stems from the relative scarcity of neighboring points in two dimensions and its effect on the density approximation.
History, and especially our grandparents, can teach us important lessons in that regard, born from necessity associated with resource scarcity.
For him, Phoenix's history of "self-destructive decisions" has left it facing "urban collapse from some extreme state of resource scarcity".
