Technology and poverty reduction in Asia and the Pacific / preface by Jorge Braga de Macedo and Tadao Chino.
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Paris, France : Asian Development Bank, Development Centre of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, |
| Description | 225 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from OECD Global |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Macedo, Jorge Braga de. |
| Other author/creator | Chino, Tadao. |
| Other author/creator | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Development Centre. |
| Other author/creator | Asian Development Bank. |
| Series | Development Centre seminars International development International development (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) ^A469408 |
| Contents | 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 / Fran©ʹois 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 / Jos©♭ Braz -- Information technology and development co-operation : a view from the dot force / Gilles Bregant. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2003402164 |
| ISBN | 9264198210 |
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