[Foundation-l] New project proposal: Wikineur

[Gavin Chait]

There is nothing mysterious about creating wealth.  The right environment combined with the right people automatically results in lots of opportunities creating jobs and money.

The difficulty is that neither the policy makers, nor the entrepreneurs know how to communicate with each other or what each needs.  In countries where the entire social order has broken down, neither group knows how to do anything at all.

Wikineur provides resources to each group:
  a.. Policymakers:  Macro- and micro-economic policies, key legal requirements and mechanisms to support enterprise creation.  Tax policy.  Project how-to's that successfully introduce the concepts of small business.  Business support systems, mentorship and training guides.  Financial support models.
  b.. Entrepreneurs:  Small business strategy, marketing programs, branding, financial systems, bookkeeping.  Staff training, employment contracts and conduct.  Specific industry guidelines and how to such as restaurants, tourism, manufacturing, agriculture, and so on.
The idea behind Wikineur is that it acts as a complete resource to set up a state from scratch with all the institutions required to support the economy.  There is also information on how to run a business in general, as well as information on how to run any specific type of business.

Wikineur becomes a resource for policymakers to see what laws and institutions would assist with generating economic development;  and for entrepreneurs to see what sort of businesses they could start, and how.

I have ten years experience at running economic development projects in South Africa.  I clearly do not have knowledge of all the topics to be covered but have a fair idea of the broad framework required.  This could become an excepionally powerful teaching tool in developing countries.

The complete project proposal and outline is available at:  http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikineur

Your support would be much appreciated.

Kind regards,

Gavin Chait
South Africa