Science and Technology for Development: Prospects Entering the Twenty-First Century. A Symposium in Commemoration of the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the U.S. Agency for International Development

摘要

The first part of the report, 'The Past 25 Years,' describes the vast contributions made by science and technology to development over the last three decades. The second half of the report 'Entering the Twenty-first Century,' examines advances in specific technologies and asks how these advances might benefit the Third World. The technologies addressed seem certain to have major impacts in both industrialized and Third World countries, although the development-related applications of some are not yet as clear as for others. The final section of the report is based on a symposium summation delivered by University of Houston Professor Thomas R. DeGregori, who has published extensively on the role of technology in today's rapidly changing world.