HC So this is where we step into the future and we leapfrog ahead.

Learning from other countries can save time, inspire new reforms and, in some cases, help countries to leapfrog stages of development.

Can latecomers in the sphere of industrialization leapfrog and edge into a higher degree of industrialization through the use of IT?

And the country that does this first will, in my view, leapfrog others in achieving a new economy even, an improved economy, an improved outlook.

How can we take this idea of tricking your tastebuds and leapfrog it into something that we can do today that could be a disruptive food technology?

Because I really believe it can disrupt outdated modes of business, help us leapfrog over wasteful forms of hyper consumption and teach us when enough really is enough.

In addition, developments in wireless technology, along with the falling price of optically based technologies, enable developing countries to leapfrog past implementation stages of traditional copper wire line networks.

So India s political debate over the entry of foreign retailers into the market, while heated, is probably already outdated. The real question is how India s creaking supply chains will respond when consumers leapfrog hypermarkets and go online.

Digital and broadband technology has the ability to leapfrog Nigeria to new heights by delivering a critical mass of products in a sustained and uninterrupted fashion, the Nigerian film industry is likely to experience huge growth and attract massive private sector investment.

Will living standards rise worldwide, as today s poor countries leapfrog technologies to catch up with richer countries? Or will prosperity slip through our fingers as greed and corruption lead us to deplete vital resources and degrade the natural environment on which human well being depends?