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Paul Polak Discusses Market For Drip Irrigation And Clever Design Solution

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  • Date Added : 3/25/08
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Paul Polak

  • Founder, International Development Enterprises (IDE)
  • male
  • Caucasian
  • 1934 (Age: 90 years old)
  • Paul Polak - Interview - D-Rev
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Biography

Paul Polak is president of International Development Enterprises (IDE), a nonprofit, poverty alleviation organization he founded in 1981. IDE pioneered the development and marketing of affordable technologies within developing countries. The Technology Museum of Innovation named IDE-International a Laureate for its development of "Easy Drip" a truly affordable micro-irrigation system for the rural farmers in developing countries. In 2004, Paul was awarded Ernst & Young's "2004 Entrepreneur of the Year" award in the category of social responsibility. As a result of technologies like "Easy Drip" and facilitated market entrance, IDE families have increased their net annual income by more than $200 million annually. Recently Polak was honored by Scientific American as one of the Top 50 innovators in 2003 for his work pioneering poverty alleviation worldwide. In 2007, Polak founded D-Rev, an organization created to design affordable technology for dollar-a day customers and developing markets where they can be sold profitably and sustainable at a fair market price. Paul Polak received his MD from the University of Western Ontario and practiced psychiatry for 23 years.

So some of the designs that we have lot of experience with came from IDE, the organization that I started. A good example of that is the one that I talked about which is low cost drip irrigation. So drip irrigation is one of the most miserly ways of del...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).

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Video 1 of 16 Paul Polak Discusses Threads In Life That Led To His Deeper Spiritual Connections
  • Paul Polak - Interview - D-Rev
  • 3/25/08
  • Paul Polak
  • 3 min. 19 sec.
Video 2 of 16 Paul Polak Discusses Threads In Life That Led To His Deeper Spiritual Connections
  • Paul Polak - Interview - D-Rev
  • 3/25/08
  • Paul Polak
  • 3 min. 19 sec.
Video 3 of 16 Paul Polak States Irrigation Example Can Be Applied To Hundreds of Other Issues Affecting Poor
  • Paul Polak - Interview - D-Rev
  • 3/25/08
  • Paul Polak
  • 4 min. 6 sec.
Video 4 of 16 Paul Polak States Irrigation Example Can Be Applied To Hundreds of Other Issues Affecting Poor
  • Paul Polak - Interview - D-Rev
  • 3/25/08
  • Paul Polak
  • 4 min. 6 sec.
Video 5 of 16 Paul Polak Discusses Introduction of Concept of Social Systems Intervention
  • Paul Polak - Interview - D-Rev
  • 3/25/08
  • Paul Polak
  • 3 min. 37 sec.
Video 6 of 16 Paul Polak Discusses Introduction of Concept of Social Systems Intervention
  • Paul Polak - Interview - D-Rev
  • 3/25/08
  • Paul Polak
  • 3 min. 37 sec.
Video 7 of 16 Paul Polak Discusses Importance of Curiosity and Listening When Trying To Understand An Issue
  • Paul Polak - Interview - D-Rev
  • 3/25/08
  • Paul Polak
  • 5 min. 20 sec.
Video 8 of 16 Paul Polak Discusses Importance of Curiosity and Listening When Trying To Understand An Issue
  • Paul Polak - Interview - D-Rev
  • 3/25/08
  • Paul Polak
  • 5 min. 20 sec.
Video 9 of 16 Paul Polak States Entrepreneurs Are Global And The Best Are Willing To Take A Chance and Possibly Fail
  • Paul Polak - Interview - D-Rev
  • 3/25/08
  • Paul Polak
  • 2 min. 11 sec.
Video 10 of 16 Paul Polak States Entrepreneurs Are Global And The Best Are Willing To Take A Chance and Possibly Fail
  • Paul Polak - Interview - D-Rev
  • 3/25/08
  • Paul Polak
  • 2 min. 11 sec.
Video 11 of 16 Paul Polak Discusses D-Rev Organization
  • Paul Polak - Interview - D-Rev
  • 3/25/08
  • Paul Polak
  • 1 min. 15 sec.
Video 12 of 16 Paul Polak Discusses D-Rev Organization
  • Paul Polak - Interview - D-Rev
  • 3/25/08
  • Paul Polak
  • 1 min. 15 sec.
Video 13 of 16 Paul Polak Discusses Market For Drip Irrigation And Clever Design Solution
  • Paul Polak - Interview - D-Rev
  • 3/25/08
  • Paul Polak
  • 3 min. 50 sec.
Video 14 of 16 Paul Polak Discusses Market For Drip Irrigation And Clever Design Solution
  • Paul Polak - Interview - D-Rev
  • 3/25/08
  • Paul Polak
  • 3 min. 50 sec.
Video 15 of 16 Paul Polak Discusses Private and Non-Profit Arms of Company, D-Rev
  • Paul Polak - Interview - D-Rev
  • 3/25/08
  • Paul Polak
  • 2 min. 58 sec.
Video 16 of 16 Paul Polak Discusses Private and Non-Profit Arms of Company, D-Rev
  • Paul Polak - Interview - D-Rev
  • 3/25/08
  • Paul Polak
  • 2 min. 58 sec.