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Appropriate Technologies for Third World Development

Proceedings of a Conference held by the International Economic Association at Teheran, Iran

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1979

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  1. Austin Robinson

    1. University of Cambridge, UK

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Part of the book series: International Economic Association Series (IEA)

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Table of contents (16 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Adaptation of Technologies to Available Resources

    • Paul Bourrières
    Pages 1-11

  3. On Appropriate Technology

    • Partha Dasgupta
    Pages 12-25

  4. The Availability of Appropriate Technologies

    • Austin Robinson
    Pages 26-51

  5. Intermediate Technology in China’s Rural Industries

    • Carl Riskin
    Pages 52-74

  6. Appropriate Technologies: Some Aspects of Japanese Experience

    • Shigeru Ishikawa
    Pages 75-139

  7. Appropriate Technology in the Dual Economy: Reflections on Philippine and Taiwanese Experience

    • Gustav Ranis
    Pages 140-159

  8. Some Practical Constraints on the Use of Appropriate Technologies in Turkish Industrial Development

    • Gunal Kansu
    Pages 160-172

  9. Problems in the Generation of Appropriate Technologies

    • Amulya Kumar Reddy
    Pages 173-189

  10. Technology and Industrialisation: Reflections on the Iranian Experience

    • Farhad Rad-Serecht
    Pages 190-202

  11. Some Reflections on the Choice of Appropriate Industrial Technology for Developing Countries

    • René Mercier
    Pages 203-218

  12. Transfer and Adaptation of Technology: Unilever as a Case Study

    • K. H. Veldhuis
    Pages 219-238

  13. The Choice of Appropriate Technology by a Multinational Corporation: A Case Study of Messrs Philips, Eindhoven

    • J. C. Ramaer
    Pages 239-249

  14. Choice of Technologies: The Influence of Multinational Financial Agencies

    • Harold B. Dunkerley
    Pages 250-264

  15. The Role of Aid Donors in the Choice of Appropriate Technology

    • J. M. Healey, J. T. Winpenny
    Pages 265-277

  16. Proposal for a Programme on Appropriate Technology prepared by the United States Agency for International Development

    • Peter Thormann
    Pages 278-402

  17. A Summing Up of the Conference

    • Charles Cooper
    Pages 403-409

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 411-417
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Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Cambridge, UK

    Austin Robinson

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Appropriate Technologies for Third World Development

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of a Conference held by the International Economic Association at Teheran, Iran

  • Editors: Austin Robinson

  • Series Title: International Economic Association Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-03931-9

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: International Economic Association 1979

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-24068-7Published: 22 August 1979

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-03933-3Published: 01 January 1979

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-03931-9Published: 23 August 1979

  • Series ISSN: 2662-6330

  • Series E-ISSN: 2662-6349

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 417

  • Topics: Archaeology, Economics, general

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