The Idea for S3IDF Emerges
A group of experienced international development consultants, practitioners, and academics reflect on their hundreds of years of collected work experience in over 70 countries and their shared concern that the dominant paradigms too often failed to sufficiently benefit the poor. Appreciating the connection between access to and use of infrastructure services (modern energy, transport, communications, water supply, etc.) and poverty alleviation, they began to conceive of a new approach.
Through a phased dialogue driven by Dr. Russell deLucia, who would become S3IDF’s principal founder, the S3IDF market-based concept is initially articulated and then later refined with pro bono support from well-known and respected professionals, including Andrew Barnett, Ramesh Bhatia, Michael Lesser, and T.L. Sankar.
Read more about S3IDF’s history and founders here.
