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Technology and poverty reduction in Asia and the Pacific

Title
Technology and poverty reduction in Asia and the Pacific / preface by Jorge Braga de Macedo and Tadao Chino.
Publication
Paris, France : Asian Development Bank, Development Centre of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2002.

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Additional Authors
  • Macedo, Jorge Braga de.
  • Chino, Tadao.
  • Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Development Centre.
  • Asian Development Bank.
Description
225 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
Series Statement
  • Development Centre seminars
  • International development
Uniform Title
  • Development Centre seminars.
  • International development (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
Subject
  • Poverty > Asia
  • Poverty > Pacific Area
  • Technology > Economic aspects > Asia
  • Technology > Economic aspects > Pacific Area
  • Poverty
  • Technology > Economic aspects
  • Technologie
  • Armoede
  • Reductie
  • Poverty > Asia > Congresses
  • Poverty > Pacific Area > Congresses
  • Technology > Economic aspects > Asia > Congresses
  • Technology > Economic aspects > Pacific Area > Congresses
  • Poverty > Prevention > Technological innovations > Congresses
  • Asia
  • Pacific Area
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Preface / Jorge Braga de Macedo and Tadao Chino -- Introduction / David O'Connor and Yun-Hwan Kim -- Part 1. Technology's contribution to poverty reduction? Technology and poverty : mapping the connections / Maurizio Bussolo and David O'Connor -- Intellectual property rights in global agriculture and their impact on the diffusion of productivity gains / Timo Goeschl and Timothy Swanson -- Poverty, food security, and agricultural biotechnology : challenges and opportunities / Nihal Amerasinghe -- Information and communication technology in developing countries of Asia / Brahm Prakash -- Financing information technology diffusion in low-income Asian developing countries / Yun-Hwan Kim -- Part 2. Policies to make technology work for the poor. Inaugural address / François Huwart -- Keynote speech / Myoung-Ho Shin -- Technology and development policy in poverty reduction : the case of Thailand / Suwit Khunkitti -- Technology and growth : Ireland's recent experience / Desmond O'Malley -- Intellectual property protection : what role in the 20th century history of innovation? / John Kay -- Technology policies and investment strategies / Yoginder K. Alagh -- Enabling people to make technologies work for them / Lahiru Perera -- Poverty alleviation in the People's Republic of China's rural areas : problems, strategy, policy and the role of science and technology / Liu Yanhua -- Technology, investment and development : some reflections from Portugal / José Braz -- Information technology and development co-operation : a view from the dot force / Gilles Bregant.
ISBN
  • 9264198210
  • 9789264198210
LCCN
2003402164
OCLC
  • ocm50187676
  • 50187676
  • SCSB-1259238
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library