Technology and Underdevelopment

Download or read book Technology and Underdevelopment written by Frances Stewart and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monograph on the impact of advanced technology transfer on developing countries - argues that, since technological change is determined by prevailing social and economic conditions, advanced country technology has led to unemployment and unsatisfactory income distribution in poor countries, and presents case studies illustrating the complex problem of choice of technology and the difficulties of getting an appropriate technology developed and used, etc. Bibliography pp. 280 to 295, diagrams, graphs, references and statistical tables.