1st Edition
Learning By Doing Science And Technology In The Developing World
By Aaron Segal
Copyright 1988
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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Science and technology capabilities are crucial to the economic growth of developing countries and to their ability to compete in the world economy. What factors enable some countries to successfully adapt technology to create indigenous capabilities and what factors cause others to fail? In this first global survey of science and technology capabilities in developing countries, the authors... Read more
1 Learning by Doing, 2 Latin America: Development with Siesta, 3 The Caribbean: Can Lilliput Make It? 4 The Middle East: What Money Can't Buy, S Africa: Frustration and Failure, 6 East Asia: Pathways to Success, 7 China: The Search for Strategies, 8 India: Success and Failure
Biography
Aaron Segal is presently on leave from the University of Texas at El Paso teaching at the Air War College. Formerly an administrator of International Programs at the National Science Foundation, he has published extensively on science and technology policies in developing countries.
