Author : International Labour Office
Publisher : International Labour Organization
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 45,17 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Appropriate technology
ISBN : 9789221081654
This book offers a review of ILO activities on technology reveals the challenges of endogenous capacity building in developing countries. The book covers a range of areas including technology policy assessment, evaluation of the impact of new technologies on employment, working conditions and working environment.
Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 10,88 MB
Release : 2010-08-12
Category :
ISBN : 926408892X
Innovation drives long-term economic growth. This book examines the role of innovation in developing countries, with a focus on Africa.
Author : Miria Pigato
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 21,95 MB
Release : 2020-04-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1464815003
Technological revolutions have increased the world’s wealth unevenly and in ways that have accelerated climate change. This report argues that achieving The Paris Agreement’s objectives would require a massive transfer of existing and commercially proven low-carbon technologies (LCT) from high-income to developing countries where the bulk of future emissions is expected to occur. This mass deployment is not only a necessity but also an opportunity: Policies to deploy LCT can help countries achieve economic and other development objectives, like improving human health, in addition to reducing greenhouse gases (GHGs). Additionally, LCT deployment offers an opportunity for countries with sufficient capabilities to benefit from participation in global value chains and produce and export LCTs. Finally, the report calls for a greater international involvement in supporting the poorest countries, which have the least access to LCT and finance and the most underdeveloped physical, technological, and institutional capabilities that are essential to benefit from technology.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 33,39 MB
Release : 2004-11-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 0309165628
An NRC ad hoc committee analyzed the current status and future development potential of Armenia's science and technology base, including human and infrastructural resources and research and educational capabilities. The committee identified those fields and institutions offering promising opportunities for contributing to economic and social development, and particularly institutions having unique and important capabilities, worthy of support from international financial institutions, private investment sources, and the Armenian and U.S. governments. The scope of the study included both pure and applied research as well as education in science-related fields. The committee's report addresses the existing capacity of state and private research institutions, higher education capabilities and trends, scientific funding sources, innovative investment models, relevant success stories, factors hindering development of the science sector, potential domestic Armenian customers for scientific results and products, and opportunities for regional scientific collaboration. An Armenian language version of the report is also available.
Author : Arul Chib
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 18,51 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9814380008
Information and communication technologies have long promised to provide quality education, improve healthcare, allow open government, and solve environmental issues. To realize this potential and influence policy-making and programme design, the Singapore Internet Research Center, supported by the IDRC, created an innovative research capacity-building programme, SIRCA.
Author : International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 16,87 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Industrial policy
ISBN : 0889367906
Technology Policy and Practice in Africa
Author : Adam Segal
Publisher : Council on Foreign Relations Press
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 17,33 MB
Release : 2019-09-18
Category :
ISBN : 9780876097700
For the past three-quarters of a century, the United States has led the world in technological innovation and development. The nation now risks falling behind its competitors, principally China. The United States needs to advance a national innovation strategy to ensure it remains the predominant power in a range of emerging technologies. Innovation and National Security: Keeping Our Edge outlines a strategy based on four pillars: restoring federal funding for research and development, attracting and educating a science and technology workforce, supporting technology adoption in the defense sector, and bolstering and scaling technology alliances and ecosystems. Failure could lead to a future in which rivals strengthen their militaries and threaten U.S. security interests, and new innovation centers replace the United States as the source of original ideas and inspiration for the world.
Author : Ilse Oosterlaken
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 37,85 MB
Release : 2012-03-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 940073879X
The capability approach of Martha Nussbaum and Amartya Sen places human capabilities at the centre stage of discussions about justice, equality, development and the quality of life. It rejects too much emphasis on mere preference satisfaction or resource provision and highlights the importance of human agency and freedom. This approach has already significantly influenced different fields of application, such as economics and development studies. Only recently have scholars started to explore its relevance for and application to the area of technology and design, which can be crucial factors in the expansion of human capabilities. How does technology influence human capabilities? What difference could a capability approach make to policies and practices of applying ICT in development processes in the South? How can we criticize and improve the design of technology from the perspective of the capability approach? The authors of this volume explore the implications of the capability approach for technology & design and together create the first volume on this emerging topic.
Author : Pantaleo D. Rwelamila
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 16,71 MB
Release : 2020-12-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 100028865X
This book documents the experiences, development, and prospects of the construction industry in numerous developing countries. It will provide a strong base of reference for countries looking to improve their construction industries as part of their wider economic development programme. The opening chapter presents a strategic overview of the contents of the book, and each country-specific chapter is structured to consider the legal and policy frameworks, administrative infrastructure and procedures, and implementation mechanisms, as well as the experiences, current activities, and future plans and programmes with respect to construction industry development in each country. The concluding chapter looks forward and considers the implications of future trends for the construction industries in developing countries and the actions which will be required to address them. Chapters cover: India, Singapore, Chile, South Africa, Tanzania, Malaysia, Botswana, Ghana, Uganda, Indonesia, China, Croatia, and Eswatini. Readers will learn about the wealth of comparable stories from global coverage from the detailed country-specific cases. Building on important scholarly works in the field, this book is essential reading for academics, researchers, and policy makers in built environments, economics, construction management, infrastructure management, and the wider construction industry.
Author : Mahfuzur Rahman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 20,92 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1461515475
What were all those diplomats and bureaucrats from all over the world doing at the United Nations over the past half century when they were not debating how to prevent countries from tearing at each other or how to feed and shelter victims of natural or man-made disasters around the globe? A lot in fact, at least in terms of time spent and the sweep of issues debated. A major category of them were discussing a whole range of economic ques tions since the inception of the organization, while a slightly different category, with some members only changing hats, were talking about social Issues. Apart from operational activities, such as technical assistance to devel oping countries, and except for the well-publicized attempts at activism at as those on the environment or the status of international conferences such women, little is known outside the United Nations about the work of the or ganization in economic and social fields. Which is a pity. After all, the organization has often been given the dubious distinction of being the big gest talk show on earth. It is certainly pertinent to ask what it has been talking about over the last fifty-odd years.
