Mastering the Machine Revisited

Abstract

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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