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Author:   Ian Smillie
Publisher:   Practical Action Publishing
Imprint:   Practical Action Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 29.70cm
Weight:   0.650kg
ISBN:  

9781853395147

ISBN 10:   1853395145
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   15 December 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

ACRONYMS vii PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION ix PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION xi PART ONE: THE FAILURE TO LEARN FROM FAILURE I A tale of two worlds 3 II Poverty in the South 22 III The best of the West: thinking big 35 IV The third sector and the Third World 48 PART TWO: WHAT WE KNOW V Technology in history: lies and promises 69 VI Small is beautiful 86 VII Farmers, food and forests 104 VIII Post-harvest technologies 121 IX Energy and power 137 X The house that Jack built: construction materials 154 XI Light engineering and the very late starters 171 PART THREE: AN ENABLING ENVIRONMENT XII Sustainability: myths and reality 189 XIII Perspectives on women and technology 200 XIV Employment and the informal sector: the economists lose control 214 XV Globalization, adjustment and all that 226 XVI Mastering the machine 246 NOTES 262 BIBLIOGRAPHY 279 INDEX 282

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A rare book. A direct, no-nonsense investigation of poverty --New England Review of Books

A rare book. A direct, no-nonsense investigation of poverty. --New England Review of Books Read Smillie if you want something constructive. --The Economist

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Ian Smilie has worked at Tufts and Tulane Universities and as a development consultant with many Canadian, American and European organizations. He served on a UN Security Council Expert Panel examining the relationship between diamonds and weapons in West Africa, and he helped develop the 48-government 'Kimberley Process,' a global certification system to halt the traffic in conflict diamonds.

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