[PDF] Technological Change And Rural Development In Poor Countries eBook

Author : Kartik Chandra Roy
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 30,44 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Political Science
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Rural development is a subject that appears to be plagued by a central paradox: development is necessary to alleviate rural poverty, but while new technology has raised agricultural output, it has also increased the suffering of millions of poor landless families in many Third World countries. The rural poor, especially women, have been marginalized; urban migrants have become desperate unemployed squatters, not well-paid industrial workers; and environmental degradation has proved severe. The authors argue that many development programmes go awry because the authorities neglect essential development issues. Development must be defined in terms of the provision of basic human needs which include life expectancy, infant mortality, and literacy indicators which reflect the quality of life of the bulk of the population, not just a narrow elite. What they suggest is that the issues neglected by the conventional approach must be addressed if true development is to occur.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 45,35 MB
Release : 2016-04-01
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ISBN : 9264252274

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Three billion people live in rural areas in developing countries. Conditions for them are worse than for their urban counterparts when measured by almost any development indicator, from extreme poverty, to child mortality and access to electricity and sanitation.

Author : World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 38,31 MB
Release : 2007-10-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821368095

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The world's demand for food is expected to double within the next 50 years, while the natural resources that sustain agriculture will become increasingly scarce, degraded, and vulnerable to the effects of climate change. In many poor countries, agriculture accounts for at least 40 percent of GDP and 80 percent of employment. At the same time, about 70 percent of the world's poor live in rural areas and most depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. 'World Development Report 2008' seeks to assess where, when, and how agriculture can be an effective instrument for economic development, especially development that favors the poor. It examines several broad questions: How has agriculture changed in developing countries in the past 20 years? What are the important new challenges and opportunities for agriculture? Which new sources of agricultural growth can be captured cost effectively in particular in poor countries with large agricultural sectors as in Africa? How can agricultural growth be made more effective for poverty reduction? How can governments facilitate the transition of large populations out of agriculture, without simply transferring the burden of rural poverty to urban areas? How can the natural resource endowment for agriculture be protected? How can agriculture's negative environmental effects be contained? This year's report marks the 30th year the World Bank has been publishing the 'World Development Report'.

Author : Roslyn Dauber
Publisher : Westview Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 37,30 MB
Release : 1981-01-19
Category : Social Science
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Technology, generally considered a positive force that enhances both social and economic development, only benefits a whole population when it permits the productive use of all human resources, female as well as male. Nevertheless, women continue to be a neglected component in planning for technological development. This book considers developmental target areas -- health, food, housing and fertility -- that concern women as family members and as heads of households and assesses the specific needs of women both in adapting to technological change and as agents of that change.

Author : Michael J. Campbell
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 37,31 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0415009111

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A comparative study of the impact of increased modernization in the rural sector on seven important developing countries. This book should be of interest to students and lecturers in development studies.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 35,73 MB
Release : 2002-06-05
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ISBN : 9264176179

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Poverty reduction remains a major development challenge in much of Asia and the Pacific. Historically, technology has played a central role in raising living standards across the region, including those of the poor. The Green Revolution and various ...

Author : Jeffrey James
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 19,37 MB
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781843767176

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An examination of the theoretical and empirical interactions between globalization, technology and poverty. Jeffrey James studies the effect of information technology on patterns of globalization and explores how such patterns can be altered to reduce the growing global divide between rich and poor nations.