Technology and poverty reduction in Asia and the Pacific / preface by Jorge Braga de Macedo & Tadao Chino.
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Contributor(s): Macedo, Jorge Braga de | Chino, Tadao | Asian Development Bank.
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BookSeries: Development Centre seminars. Publisher: Paris, France : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) , 2002Description: 225p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9264198210.Subject(s): Poverty -- Asia | Poverty -- Pacific Area | Technology -- Economic aspects -- Asia | Technology -- Economic aspects -- Pacific Area| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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BIDS Library and Documentation Center | Non-fiction | XZ OECD Tec-5 (Browse shelf) | C-01 | Available | 106081 |
Includes bibliographical references.
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 techology 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.
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