Mastering the machine : Poverty, aid and technology.: Poverty, aid and technology. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Names: Smillie, Ian
• Contents: Preface -- The failure to learn from failure -- A tale of two worlds -- Poverty in the South -- The best of the West; thinking big -- The third sector and the Third World -- What We Know -- Technology in history: lies and promises -- Small is beautiful -- Farmers, food and forests -- Post-harvest technologies -- Energy and power -- The house that Jack built: construction materials -- Light engineering and the very late starters -- An enabling environment -- Perspectives on women and technology -- Employment and the informal sector: the economists lose control -- Technology: the policy factor -- Mastering the machine
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (282 pages)
• Subjects: 338.91; 338.9/27/091724; Economic assistance -- Developing countries; Technical assistance -- Developing countries; Technology; Developing Countries; International Cooperation; Poverty; Pauvreté -- Pays en voie de développement; Aide économique -- Pays en voie de développement; Assistance technique -- Pays en voie de développement; Technologie, Transfert de la -- Pays en voie de développement; Pays en développement; Technologie; Pauvreté; Aide au développement; Economic assistance; Economic history; Technical assistance; Technische ontwikkeling; Developing countries -- Economic conditions; Pays en voie de développement -- Conditions économiques; Developing countries
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429719615; 0429719612
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.