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Building up indigenous technological capabilities in African developing countries
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In this article, the authors pointed out that the chronic low-level productivity in almost all spheres of economic activity in that region can be attributed, to a large extent, to the low level of indigenous capability and appropriate utilization of science and technology.About:
This article is published in Technology in Society.The article was published on 1985-01-01. It has received 2 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Indigenous & Appropriate technology.read more
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A contextual view of development information technology
TL;DR: Some areas of information technology and their possible effects, both beneficial and adverse, are outlined and the question of what is implied in the terms “beneficial” and “adverse”, as used with IT and ‘development’ is addressed.
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Technological Capability in the Third World
Martin Fransman,Kenneth King +1 more
TL;DR: The authors presented at a conference held at the Centre of African Studies, Edinburgh, May-June 1982, Great Britain, United Kingdom (CAS, 1982) and Edinburgh University, UK.
Science, technology and development
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss hypotheses which may help to explain the limited growth of science and technology in the under-developed economies, and to explain also the restricted social function of science in these countries.
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Foreign Technology and Indigenous Technological Capability in Brazil
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on the experience of Brazil, a country that has drawn extensively on foreign technology for its economic development, to illustrate some of the possible positive relationships between the importation of technology and the development of ITC.