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Stovers (cc Bob):
Bob has kindly forwarded the answer to my question on the injera-cooking
stove costs - saying:
"Re: costs, the design process was done locally under the
constraints of local economics, where local means in
Eritrea. And the initial design which was developed
during the independence war was already a very low
cost design.
Now, about 1/3 of production is in the village and
2/3 consists of materials made outside of the village.
The ERTC constantly searches out those national businesses
that can produce the highest quality materials at lowest
cost. So cost-optimization is integrated into the design
process, it is not a separate step. Given that the cost
constraint (of about $20/stove) is initially satisfied,
design effort can focus on improving quality within the
cost constraint.
Sincerely,
Robert VB"
(RWL): just one comment - which is that $1 goes a long way in Eritrea and
Ethiopia. One probably could not sell this stove in the US for maybe $100.
But that does not diminish the wonderful success of Bob and his volunteer
group. Bob - we look forward to the promised report after you return in
January.
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