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020 _a9780203135686 (e-book : PDF)
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090 _aHC79.T4
_bC366 2012
092 _a338.064
_bC212
245 0 0 _aCan emerging technologies make a difference in development?
_h[electronic resource] /
_cedited by Rachel A. Parker, Richard P. Appelbaum.
260 _aNew York :
_bRoutledge,
_c2012.
300 _axxiii, 245 p. :
_bill., maps.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [208]-236) and index.
505 0 _a1. 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.
530 _aAlso available in print edition.
538 _aMode of access: World Wide Web.
650 0 _aTechnological innovations
_xEconomic aspects.
650 0 _aEconomic development.
650 0 _aRegional economic disparities.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2lcsh
700 1 _aAppelbaum, Richard P.
700 1 _aParker, Rachel A.
776 1 _z9780415884327 (hardback)
_z9780415884334 (pbk.)
856 4 0 _uhttp://www.tandfebooks.com/isbn/9780203135686
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