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Book Appropriate Technology For Development

Download or read book Appropriate Technology For Development written by Donald D. Evans and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-13 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

Book Scientific technological Change And The Role Of Women In Development

Download or read book Scientific technological Change And The Role Of Women In Development written by Pamela D'onofrio-flores and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-11 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This critique by women of male-generated and male-dominated technologies grows out of a consciousness of women as essential, yet unsalaried, participants in production processes. The authors document the ways in which women suffer from technological development in industrialized and developing countries and assess how technological developments perpetuate inequalities between nations, regions, classes, and sexes. They discuss the implementation of modern technology in agriculture and its effects on rural women, look at the position of women in the basic and applied sciences and in science policymaking, and analyze the place of women in selected technology-based industries.

Book Renewable Resource Utilization for Development

Download or read book Renewable Resource Utilization for Development written by Robert P. Morgan and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renewable Resource Utilization for Development is a six-chapter text that covers the United States initiatives in field of appropriate, light-capital technology for renewable resource utilization. These initiatives include steps, policies, and programs that the U.S. government might take, adopt, or support to aid developing countries in utilizing appropriate technology for renewable resources for the benefit of the poor majority. The first two chapters describe the technology, advances, design, and utilization of wind energy and biomass. The next chapter focuses on two applications of direct solar energy, namely, solar drying of crops and timber. Another chapter highlights the optimum processing and use of rice bran, which is an important postharvest and rural development problem for rice-growing developing countries. The final two chapters discuss the utilization of material and products based on agricultural wastes and natural fibers. These chapters also deal with the organizations and mechanisms for implementing the initiatives and with possible next steps to the U.S. initiatives. This book is of value to economists and environmental pollution control researchers.

Book International Forum on Appropriate Industrial Technology  Draft Report of the Technical official Level Meeting to the Ministerial Level Meeting

Download or read book International Forum on Appropriate Industrial Technology Draft Report of the Technical official Level Meeting to the Ministerial Level Meeting written by United National Industrial Develpoment Organization, Vienna (Austria) and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book U S  Background Preparations and Policy Formulation for the United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development

Download or read book U S Background Preparations and Policy Formulation for the United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development written by Library of Congress. Science Policy Research Division and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Appropriate Technology in Third World Development

Download or read book Appropriate Technology in Third World Development written by Pradip K. Ghosh and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1984-10-24 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Articles on choice of technology for the developing countries - examines the role of appropriate technologys in economic development, the economic criteria and energy conservation aspects of their selection (economic implications), prospects for technological self reliance, etc.; comments on government policies concerning the use of intermediate technologys, technology transfer and research and development; includes case studies of India and Latin America, an annotated bibliography and a directory of information sources. Diagrams, graphs, references.

Book Science and Technology for Development

Download or read book Science and Technology for Development written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hearings

    Book Details:
  • Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1971
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 1954 pages

Download or read book Hearings written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 1954 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book National Energy Policy

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  • Author : Jim Wells (au)
  • Publisher : DIANE Publishing
  • Release : 2005-11
  • ISBN : 9781422302255
  • Pages : 140 pages

Download or read book National Energy Policy written by Jim Wells (au) and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2005-11 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Global Tuberculosis Report 2018

Download or read book Global Tuberculosis Report 2018 written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2018-11-20 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WHO has published a global TB report every year since 1997. The main aim of the report is to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the TB epidemic and of progress in prevention diagnosis and treatment of the disease at global regional and country levels. This is done in the context of recommended global TB strategies and targets endorsed by WHO?s Member States and broader development goals set by the United Nations (UN). The 2018 edition of the global TB report was released on 18 September in the lead up to the first-ever UN High Level Meeting on TB on 26 September 2018.

Book European Foreign Policy

Download or read book European Foreign Policy written by Christopher Hill and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This books unparalleled coverage makes it an essential resource for all those interested in European politics and International Relations.

Book Accessions Bulletin

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  • Author : Tropical Products Institute (Great Britain). Library
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1980
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 146 pages

Download or read book Accessions Bulletin written by Tropical Products Institute (Great Britain). Library and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Polar Regions and the Development of International Law

Download or read book The Polar Regions and the Development of International Law written by Donald Rothwell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1996-11-13 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A review of international law in the polar regions and its importance to the environment and to international relations.

Book Correspondence with ministers

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  • Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: European Union Committee
  • Publisher : The Stationery Office
  • Release : 2007-12-12
  • ISBN : 9780104011799
  • Pages : 588 pages

Download or read book Correspondence with ministers written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: European Union Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2007-12-12 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Correspondence with Ministers : January 2006 to September 2006, 40th report of Session 2006-07

Book Yearbook of the United Nations  Volume 44  1990

Download or read book Yearbook of the United Nations Volume 44 1990 written by United Nations and published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. This book was released on 2023-09-20 with total page 1234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully indexed, the 1990 edition of the Yearbook is the single most current, comprehensive and authoritative reference publication about the work of the United Nations, other international organizations and related bodies. The book is designed not just for use by diplomats, officials and scholars but also by other researchers, writers, journalists, teachers and students. The year 1990 was a remarkably eventful one for the United Nations and in the conduct of international relations. This volume of the Yearbook details the activities of the United Nations, its many organs, agencies and programmes, working together to rekindle a new form of multilateral cooperation for a better world. It records the diverse and globe-encompassing activities of the United Nations and its enduring efforts to deal with the world's pressing concerns, particularly matters of international peace and security, disarmament, human rights, the settlement of regional conflicts, economic and social development, the preservation of the environment, control of drugs and narcotic substance abuse, crime prevention, adequate shelter, youth and the ageing and humanitarian assistance for refugees as well as disaster relief. The Yearbook is an invaluable tool for anyone seeking in-depth information about the United Nations and its family of organisations. With the publication of the 1990 edition, all 50 editions covering the years from 1946 through 1996 are now available. This complete set of Yearbook volumes will facilitate the work of researchers of all kinds everywhere to obtain a comprehensive overview of the activities of the United Nations since its origins.