Alternative development strategies and appropriate technology: science policy for an equitable world order

Book · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:5743412

Diwan, R K; Livingston, D

The book is about the world and its development. Part I presents the international world order as it exists today, the international actors, international relations, and international resource constraints; it describes the existing typology of the world in terms of development, dividing the world into four groups: developed countries, high-income developing countries, high-technology developing countries, and other developing countries. Part II looks at the development path that has been followed in both developed and developing countries. After independence and during the fifties and sixties, most of the Third World countries opted for what may be called the conventional development strategy. It has been based on two basic propositions: that the developed countries of the West provide an example of the desired state of development, and that the strategy and policies based on the maximization of the rate of growth of GNP per capita lead to the desired state of development. This strategy has also been followed in the developed countries, and it defines a particular type of industrial science and technology that has evolved in the developed western countries. Such science and technology are capable of mass-scale production and are capital-, energy-, resource-, and skill-intensive. Part III deals with Alternative Development Strategies (ADS). Basic objectives of ADS are reductions in, and eventual elimination of, poverty, unemployment, underemployment, and income inequalities. In Part IV policies consistent with ADS are derived. Some policies for developed countries and international agencies are outlined. (MCW)

• OSTI ID: 5743412
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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Demonstration
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APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
EMPLOYMENT
ENERGY SUPPLIES
GLOBAL ASPECTS
GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT
INCOME
SOCIOLOGY
TECHNOLOGY UTILIZATION