The other policy : the influence of policies on technology choice and small enterprise development

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The other policy : the influence of policies on technology choice and small enterprise development

edited by Frances Stewart, Henk Thomas, and Ton de Wilde

IT Publications in association with Appropriate Technology International, 1990

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 458-486)

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Foreign aid to developing countries often favours inappropriate technologies. This book reviews the policies promoting appropriate technology and identifies positive programmes of action that could be instituted at a national level.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 Policy approaches: macro-policies for appropriate technology - a synthesis of findings, Frances Stewart and Gustav Ranis
  • rural linkages and choice of technlogy, Gustav Ranis
  • the effect of policy and policy reforms on non-agricultural enterprises and employment in developing countries - a review of past experiences, Steve Haggblade et al. Part 2 Policies and places: macro-policies and technology choice in the Philippines, Romeo M.Bautista
  • appropriate technology and rural industrial development in Bangladesh - the macro-context, Q.K.Ahmad
  • macro-policies for appropriate technology in Zimbabwean industry, Daniel B.Ndlela
  • impact of economic policies on technological choice and development in Tanzanian industry, S.M.Wangwe and M.S.D.Bagachwa
  • macroeconomic policy, technological change and rural development - the Costa Rica case, Eduardo Doryan-Garron
  • the FUNDA/Momostenango project - a strategy for development promoted by the private sector (the Guatemala case), Roberto Gutierrez. Part 3 Policies and rural industrialization: macro-strategies and rural industrialization in comparative perspective, Ashwani Saith
  • small-scale industrialization, policies and industrial development in rural regions, Francisco Uribe-Echevarria
  • on the dynamism of small and medium industry in Columbia - some possible lessons, Albert Berry et al
  • appropriate technology in publicly owned industries in Kenya and Tanzania, Jeffrey James
  • the impact of macroeconmic policies on small-scale industry - some K.Fitzgerald
  • notes on income distribution, growth and demand, Charles Cooper. (Part Contents)

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