Handbook of Innovation & Appropriate Technologies for International Development. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Philippe Régnier, Daniel Frey, Samuel Pierre, Koshy Varghese, Pascal Wild.
• Editors: Régnier, Philippe; Frey, Daniel; Pierre, Samuel; Varghese, Koshy; Wild, Pascal
• Contents: Contents: Introduction to the Handbook of Innovation & Appropriate Technologies for International Development xiv Daniel Frey, Samuel Pierre, Philippe Régnier, Koshy Varghese and Pascal Wild PART I APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY: ORIGINS AND EVOLUTION OF A CONCEPT 1 Revisiting the concept of 'technology for the people': from Gandhi and Schumacher to 21st century new developments 2 Philippe Régnier and Pascal Wild 2 MIT D-Lab: designing for a more equitable world 7 Amy Smith and Nancy Adams 3 Solving problems and strengthening systems: how local innovation of appropriate technology contributes to development 22 Elizabeth Hoffecker and Boru Douthwaite PART II THE RISE OF EMERGING ECONOMIES AND NEW CONTRIBUTIONS 4 The rise of emerging economies: implications on appropriate technology development in theory and practice 47 Philippe Régnier and Pascal Wild 5 Entrepreneurship, appropriate technologies and economic development in China 54 Heini Shi 6 Technological transformation in India: the debate between appropriate and frontier technologies 71 Binod Khadria and Ratnam Mishra PART III RECENT INNOVATIONS AND APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES IN TRANSFORMATION 7 Technology evaluation for global development: exploring the efficiency of comparative methods 87 Daniel Frey and Bish Sanyal 8 Mobilizing higher education and research toward engineering for global development: the approach taken by the Centre for Global Engineering 103 Ahmed Mahmoud, Amy Bilton, Morris Huang, Levente Diosady and Yu-Ling Cheng 9 The participatory design spectrum: design for, with, and by 125 Kendra Leith, Sher Vogel and Khanjan Mehta 10 Frugal engineering 140 Rao Balkrishna 11 Financial technologies and rapid development growth in emerging economies 154 Jane Khayesi 12 Openness and new development perspectives 168 Abdelhamid Benhmade 13 How technologies can be used to reduce poverty and promote sustainable development in Haiti: the case of the PIGraN Project 187 Samuel Pierre 14 Ethical considerations for 'Internet of Things' in research to advance global development 207 Daniel Sweeney, Amit Gandhi and Evan Thomas 15 High-stake conditions to catalyse local sustainable development through Fablabs in Africa 222 Thomas Hervé Mboa Nkoudou 16 The importance of local institutions: bottom‐up innovation in Uganda 240 Joe Amick and Roy William Mayega 17 How locally adapted information and communication technologies (ICTs) may contribute to the citizens' socio-economic conditions in emerging countries: case study in the DR Congo 259 Musandji Fuamba Index.
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource (296 pages)
• Subjects: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Economic Development; Development studies; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Developing & Emerging Countries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Operations Research; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference; Operational research; Economic growth; Reference works
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781800887824; 1800887825
• Related ISBNs: 9781800887817
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