Appropriate Technology For Development - 9780367021559

Taylor & Francis

This analysis of appropriate technology first explores the concept of development in terms of needs, characteristics, and theories and then examines the pivotal role of technology in the developmental process; including  twenty contemporary case histories. > This analysis of appropriate technology first explores the concept of development in terms of needs, characteristics, and theories and then examines the pivotal role of technology in the developmental process. The twenty contemporary case histories illustrate specific instances of applied technology, not necessarily as examples of successful applic > Foreword -- Abstracts of Case Histories -- Appropriate Technology and Its Role in Development -- Case Histories of Appropriate Technology -- Tunisia: Bottled Gas for Automobiles -- Thailand: Cassava Pelletizing Technology -- Colombia: The Composite Flour Program -- Haiti: The Coffee Roads -- Pakistan: Ball-Point Pen Manufacturing\u2014A Case of Technology Transfer -- Java,.