TY  - BOOK
AU  - Appelbaum,Richard P.
AU  - Parker,Rachel A.
TI  - Can emerging technologies make a difference in development?
SN  - 9780203135686 (e-book : PDF)
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Technological innovations
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Economic development
KW  - Regional economic disparities
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - lcsh
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [208]-236) and index; 1. Introduction : the promise and perils of high-tech approaches to development / Rachel A. Parker and Richard P. Appelbaum -- 2. Creating the future : materials, innovation, and the scientific community / Todd M. Osman -- 3. Rural development, technology, and 'policy memory' : anthropological reflections from Bangladesh on technological change / David Lewis -- 4. Achieving equitable outcomes through emerging technologies : a social empowerment approach / Guillermo Foladori -- 5. Emerging technologies and inequalities : beyond the technological transition / Susan Cozzens -- 6. The progress of nanotechnology in China / Chen Wang and Can Huang -- 7. Food security : from the green revolution to nanotechnology / Jennifer Rogers and Amy Zader -- 8. (Nano)technology and food security : what scientists can learn from Malian farmers / Scott M. Lacy -- 9. Innovations for development : the African challenge / Moses Kizza Musaazi -- 10. Nanotechnology for potable water and general consumption in developing countries / Thembela Hillie and Mbhuti Hlophe -- 11. Solid-state lighting : a market-based approach to escaping the 'poverty trap' / Dave Irvine Halliday -- 12. Energy for development : the case of bioenergy in Brazil / Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz -- 13. Implications of nanotechnology for labor and employment : assessing nanotechnology products in Brazil / Noela Invernizzi -- 14. Seeking the non-developmental within the developmental mobile phones in the globalized migration context / Arul Chib and Rajiv G. Aricat -- 15. Responsible innovation, global governance, and emerging technologies / Andrew D. Maynard, Antje Grobe, and Ortwin Renn -- 16. Risk perception, public participation, and sustainable global development of nanotechnologies / Barbara Herr Harthorn, Christine Shearer, and Jennifer Rogers --17. Global governance of emerging technologies : from science networking to coordinated oversight / Mihail C. Roco; Also available in print edition
UR  - http://www.tandfebooks.com/isbn/9780203135686
ER  -