Technology and poverty reduction in Asia and the Pacific /
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 innovations of modern medicine and public health ha...
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Paris, France :
Asian Development Bank, Development Centre of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,
2002.
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| Series: | Development Centre seminars.
International development (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) Development Centre Seminars, |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface by Jorge Braga de Macedo and Tadao Chino
- Introduction by David O'Connor and Yun-Hwan Kim
- Part One. Technology's Contribution to Poverty Reduction?
- Technology and Poverty: Mapping the Connections by Maurizio Bussolo and David O'Connor
- Intellectual Property Rights in Global Agriculture and their Impact on the Diffusion of Productivity Gains by Timo Goeschl and Timothy Swanson
- Poverty, Food Security, and Agricultural Biotechnology: Challenges and Opportunities by Nihal Amerasinghe
- Information and Communication Technology in Developing Countries of Asia by Brahm Prakash
- Financing Information Technology Diffusion in Low-Income Asian Developing Coutries by Yun-Hwan Kim
- Part Two. Policies to Make Technology Work for the Poor
- Inaugural Address by Francois Huwart
- Keynote Speech by Myong-Ho Shin
- Technology and Development Policy in Poverty Reduction: The Case of Thailand by Suwit Khunkitti
- Technology and Growth: Ireland's Recent Experience by Desmond O'Malley
- Intellectual Property Protection: What Role in the 20th Century History of Innovation? by John Kay
- Technology Policies and Investment Strategies by Yoginder K. Alagh
- Enabling People to Make Technologies Work for Them by Lahiru Perera
- Poverty Alleviation in the People's Republic of China's Rural Areas: Problems, Strategy, Policy, and the Role of Science and Technology by Liu Yanhua
- Technology, Investment, and Development: Some Reflections from Portugal by Jose Braz
- Infromation Technology and Development Cooperation: A View fromt he Dot Force by Gilles Bregant
- Programme
- List of Authors and Participants