Socio-economic environment of technology underdevelopment in the Third World: the case of East Africa

Thesis/Dissertation · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:6861672

Felleke, G

The literature review first reveals a wide range of views regarding what is meant by technology, what approaches lead to technological development, and what accounts for the technological lag of the LTCs. Differences also emerge regarding proper technologies and the proper techno-economic roles of countries. This study represents an attempt to identify the conditions that give rise to technology underdevelopment and to examine the implication of such technological underdevelopment to social and economic prospects in a representative corner of the underdeveloped world, the East African region. The research is guided by the question, What are the major causes of technology underdevelopment in the East African Countries. State more specifically, the question becomes, What relationships exist between (1) a society's structure of economic production and its technological development. and (2) the patterns and compositions of international trade, on the one hand, and technology (under)development, on the other. The research utilizes as its analytical points of departure the theories of Comparative Advantage, Factor Endowments, and the political economy theory of Dependency, with the aim of both surfacing the underlying assumptions and critically analyzing the models that have shaped the current state of the LTCs' technologies.

• Research Organization: Pittsburgh Univ., PA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6861672
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CORRELATIONS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
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