TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
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TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (ebook)

RICHARD HEEKS

$1,600.00
IVA incluido
Editorial:
ROUTLEDGE
Materia
EDUCACION
ISBN:
9781135242138
Formato:
Epublication content package
Idioma:
Inglés
DRM
Si

The relationship between technology and development is explored by economists, policy analysts and other experts. The adoption of technology is studied in five main areas agriculture, energy, infrastructure, the introduction of technology and the success and constraints of technological diffusion as a whole. This volume also examines the technology transfer between North and South from a perspective of training, environmental impact and aid dependency. The emphasis is not placed simply on finding problems, but ways forward are examined. By bringing together both practical and intellectual analysis, this collection signposts future directions in the technologydevelopment relationship.

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