Towards Global Action for Appropriate Technology
- 1st Edition - January 1, 1979
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Editor: A.S. Bhalla
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 2 4 2 7 7 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 3 9 9 7 - 5
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Request a sales quoteTowards Global Action for Appropriate Technology evaluates the feasibility of establishing and implementing an international mechanism for the promotion of appropriate technology. A strategy of reorienting research and development towards the rural and small-scale urban sectors is proposed, with emphasis on ultimately building national technological capacity in developing countries. This book is comprised of six chapters and begins with an overview of concepts, definitions, and strategies, followed by a discussion on some relatively unfamiliar criteria that should be taken into account in guiding the selection of appropriate technologies, including cost and risk involved. The following chapters focus on the links between the concepts of appropriate technology and the basic needs approach to development; institutional capacity at the national and international levels; and the activities of the United Nations with regard to appropriate technology. The final chapter presents a blueprint for global action for the promotion of appropriate technology, with particular reference to small-scale capital-saving technologies that are accessible to the poor and are essential for the creation of productive employment on a sufficient scale. This monograph will be of interest to social and economic policymakers.
Foreword
Introduction
Part I: Concepts, Criteria, Strategies
Chapter 1: Appropriate Technology: Some Criteria
Introduction
Some Criteria of Appropriateness
Conclusion
Chapter 2: Technologies Appropriate for a Basic Needs Strategy
Introduction
A Basic Needs Approach and Strategy
Technological Contents of a 'BN' Strategy
Technologies Appropriate for Basic Needs Satisfaction
A Suitable Policy Frame
Concluding Remarks
Part II: Existing Institutional Framework
Chapter 3: National and Regional Technology Groups and Institutions: An Assessment
Introduction
Appropriate Technology Groups and Institutions
Towards a Framework of Analysis
Criteria for Assessment of Groups and Institutions
Assessment of Groups and Institutions
Conclusions
Appendix: Questionnaire
Chapter 4: Activities of the UN System on Appropriate Technology
Introduction
Some Existing Coordinating Mechanisms
Review of Ongoing UN Activities
Better Coordination within the System
Concluding Remarks
Chapter 5: International Mechanisms for Appropriate Technology
Introduction
Some Proposals for International Mechanisms
Functions of International Mechanisms
Proposed and Existing Mechanisms: Comparative Analysis
Concluding Remarks
Part III: Global Action
Chapter 6: A Blueprint for Action
Introduction
Need for Global Action
A New International Mechanism for Appropriate Technology
Conclusion
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 1, 1979
- Imprint: Pergamon
- No. of pages: 240
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780080242774
- eBook ISBN: 9781483139975
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