Mastering The Machine
Poverty, Aid And Technology
1st Edition
Published on 19. October 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
268 pages
978-0-367-15474-5 (ISBN)
Description
This book is about the interaction between poverty, aid and technology. It is about machines and machinery: the machines that produce nuts and bolts, and the machinery of governments and organizations. The book shows the correlation between poverty reduction and different approaches to technology.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 147 mm
Weight
520 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-15474-5 (9780367154745)
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Content
Part One: The Failure to Learn From Failure 1. A tale of two worlds 2. Poverty in the South 3. The best of the West: thinking big 4. The third sector and the Third World Part Two: What We Know 5. Technology in history: lies and promises 6. Small is beautiful 7. Farmers, food and forests 8. Post-harvest technologies 9. Energy and power 10. The house that Jack built: construction materials 11. Light engineering and the very late starters Part Three: An Enabling Environment 12. Perspectives on women and technology 13. Employment and the informal sector: the economists lose control 14. Technology: the policy factor 15. Mastering the machine