Technology and Poverty Reduction in Asia and the Pacific

Poverty reduction remains a major development challenge in much of Asia and the Pacific. Historically, technology has played a central role in raising living standards across the region, including those of the poor. The Green Revolution and various innovations of modern medicine and public health have been instrumental in improving nutrition, health, and livelihoods of millions of poor people. Yet, the pace of improvement from these sources appears to have slowed, and new technological impetus - as well as improved policies and institutions - are needed to address the persistent pove

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Year of publication:	2002
Institutions:	OECD (contributor)
Publisher:	Paris : OECD Publishing and OECD Development Centre
Subject:	Asiatisch-pazifischer Raum \| Asia-Pacific region \| Armutsbekämpfung \| Poverty reduction \| Technischer Fortschritt \| Technological change \| Asien \| Asia \| Informationstechnik \| Information technology \| Biotechnologie \| Biotechnology \| Asiatisch-Pazifischer Raum \| Armut \| Bekämpfung \| Technologie
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Extent:	Online-Ressource (227 p.)
Series:	Development Centre Seminars
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record CONTENTS; Preface; Introduction; PART ONE TECHNOLOGY'S CONTRIBUTION TO POVERTY REDUCTION?; Technology and Poverty: Mapping the Connections; Intellectual Property Rights in Global Agriculture and their Impact on the Diffusion of Productivity Gains; Poverty, Food Security, and Agricultural Biotechnology: Challenges and Opportunities; Information and Communication Technology in Developing Countries of Asia; Financing Information Technology Diffusion in Low-income Asian Developing Countries; PART TWO POLICIES TO MAKE TECHNOLOGY WORK FOR THE POOR; Inaugural Address; Keynote Speech Technology and Development Policy in Poverty Reduction: The Case of ThailandTechnology and Growth: Ireland's Recent Experience; Intellectual Property Protection: What Role in the 20th Century History of Innovation?; Technology Policies and Investment Strategies; Enabling People to Make Technologies Work for Them; Poverty Alleviation in the People's Republic of China's Rural Areas: Problems, Strategy, Policy and the Role of Science and Technology; Technology, Investment and Development: Some Reflections from Portugal Information Technology and Development Co-operation: A View from the DOT ForceProgramme; List of Authors and Participants;
ISBN:	978-92-64-19821-0 ; 978-92-64-17617-1 ; 978-92-64-17617-1
Other identifiers:	10.1787/9789264176171-en [DOI]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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