
Science And Technology
Lessons For Development Policy
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 31. October 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-0-367-30211-5 (ISBN)
Description
This book presents several general theoretical notions about the process of science and technology as it relates to development. It develops the international dimension of science and technology in terms of the international exchange processes and the appropriateness and modification of technology.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Academic and Postgraduate
Dimensions
Height: 152 mm
Width: 229 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
598 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-30211-5 (9780367302115)
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Persons
Robert E. Evenson, Gustav Ranis
Content
Introduction -- Introduction -- General Theoretical Notions and Typologies -- Scientific and Technological Constraints to Economic Growth and Equity* -- The Structuralist Perspective to Economic Growth and Development: Conceptual Foundations and Policy Implications -- On Technological Capabilities and Their Acquisition -- The Development of Technological Capability in Manufacturing: A Macroscopic Approach to Policy Research* -- Relevant Experience at the Country Level -- Science and Technology Policy for the Asian NICs: Lessons from Economic History -- Science and Technology Policy: Lessons from Japan and the East Asian NICs -- Relevant Experience at the Sector Level -- Science and Technology Policy: Lessons from the Agricultural Sector in South and Southeast Asia -- Industrial Efficiency and Technology Choice -- Private Inventive Activity in Indian Manufacturing: Its Extent and Determinants -- The Process of International Transmission of Technology -- Trade and Technology in the Developing Countries -- R&D By Multinational Firms and Host Country Exports* -- Technology Transfer for Development -- Intellectual Property Rights, R&D, Inventions, Technology Purchase, and Piracy in Economic Development: An International Comparative Study