Title: TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: Practical
Applications, Theoretical Issues
Lead Editor: Dr Richard Heeks, University of Manchester, UK
Publisher: Frank Cass & Co.
This volume presents the proceedings of the recent international
conference on "Science, Technology and Third World
Development", held in Glasgow, Scotland. The book brings
together an up-to-date review of some recent technical advances
and current technological issues that affect developing
countries.
The relationship between technology and development is explored
by technologists, economists, trainers and policy analysts from
Europe, Africa and Asia. Adoption of agricultural, energy and
water technologies is examined from technical and social
perspectives. The role of technology in industrial development,
and current status of technology transfer are both investigated.
Some recent developments in technology education and training are
also described and analysed. Constraints and problems are
highlighted but so, too, are constructive ways forward.
By bringing together both practical cases and intellectual
analysis, this volume helps signpost future directions in the
technology-development relationship.
Contributors to this volume include Prof. Ullrich Boehm; Prof.
Charles Cooper; Prof. Joseph Massaquoi; Prof. John Pickford;
Richard Sandbrook; Dr Kofi Aidoo; Andreas Beusch; Dr Patrick
Corr; Dr Denis Fielding; Regina Galhardi; John Gould; John Green;
Dr Richard Heeks; Richard Holmes; David Infield; Kate Kirsopp-
Reed; Peter Meadows; Dr Mozammel Huq; Dr Mayuri Odedra-
Straub; Robert Petts; Dr Rajendra Prasad; Andrew Scotney; Dr S.
Simukanga; Dr John Webb; Arthur Williams and Dr Brian Wood.
ISBN: 0 7146 4139 1
Length: 306 pp.
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