Technology and Developing Countries: Practical Applications, Theoretical Issues

ISBN-13: 9780714641393 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 306 str.

Richard Heeks; Richard Heeks

Opis

The relationship between technology and development is explored by economists, policy analysts and other experts.

Spis treści

Introduction: Current Issues in the Technology-Development Relationship/Richard Heeks -- BASIC NEEDS - WATER AND ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES -- The Use of Natural Coagulants to Treat Wastewaters for Agiicuhural Reuse in Developing Countnes/R. G. H. Holmes, V. E. ftavis, J. P. Sutherland and G. K Folkard -- Rainwater Catchment Systems Technology: Recent Developments in Africa and Asia/J. E. Gould -- Sustainable Water Supply and Improved Sanitation for Low Income Communities 37/John Pickford -- The Indus River and Pakistans Economy: Energy, Environmental Resources, and Developmental Policy/Peter S. Meadows, Gareth Pender and Azra Meadows -- Wind Diesel Systems for Developing Countries/A. Scotney and D. G. Infield SI -- Constraints on the Diffusion of Small-Scale Hydropower in Northern Pakistan/A. A. Williams -- Technology Transfer for Local Manufacture of Mini, and Micro-Hydropower Equipment within Vietnam, Thailand and the Lao PDR/ J. P. Green, D. E. MacPherson and A. R. Wallace -- POVERTY ALLEVIATION - AGRICULTURAL AND RELATED TECHNOLOGIES -- Application of Biotechnology to Indigenous Fermented Foods/K. E. Aidoo -- Biotechnology for Poverty Alleviation in Third World Countries/Regina Maria A. A. Galhardi -- Enzyme Production for Jute Processing/B. J. B. Wood, B. L. Ghosh and S. N. Sinha -- Utiisation of Local Phosphate Deposits as a Fertiliser in Zambia/S. Simukanga, G. K. Nkonde and V. Shitumbanuma -- Indigenous Knowledge - The Way Forwards or Backwards in Tropical Agricultural Development?/D. Fielding and K. Klrsopp-Reed -- Technology Development in Road Construction and Maintenance for Developing Countries/R. C. Pelts -- INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES -- Technology Policy and Indusinalisation Policy in the Global Economy/Charles Cooper -- The Effect of Some Sectora] Development Policies on Technology — The Case of the Informal Sector/J. G. M. Massaquol -- Intellectual Property and Third World Development: The Case of Indian Patent Law and Economic Development/Rajendra Prasad -- TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER -- Technology Transfer and the Environment/Richard Sandbrook -- Technology Transfer and International Organisations: The Question of Localisation/K. V. Chool, J. R. Webb and K. N. Bernard -- The Role of International Organisations in Information Technology Transfer: The African Experience/Mayuri Odedra-Straub -- Technology Transfer to Bangladesh: Aid-Dependence and Failures in Technology Acquisition/M. M. Huq -- Workshop on Transfer of Technology’/Frank O’Reilly -- Training for Labour-Based Road Construction and Maintenance/Andreas Beusch -- Technology Education Under Reconstruction: The Case of Uganda -- Ullrich Boehm -- Computer Studies in Least Developed Countries: A Casc Study of Zambia/Patrick H. Corr -- SUMMARY PAPERS.

O autorze

Richard Heeks, Prabhakara Bhatt