{"product_id":"development-technology-9781041268116","title":"Development Technology","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): H. J. Duller\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Development - Economic Development\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe problem of economic development in the Global South was recognized as one of the defining challenges of the twentieth century. Professor Duller, a Dutch economist who worked in advisory and research capacities across various developing nations, demonstrates in \u003ci\u003eDevelopment Technology\u003c\/i\u003e (originally published in 1982) how these challenges could be addressed through the application of specially designed or adapted technology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author observes that development planners had been misled by apparent parallels between nineteenth-century Western industrialization and late twentieth-century conditions in third world countries. While Western industrialization drew its workforce from agriculture during periods of low demographic growth and high industrial employment, the Global South faced different circumstances: rapidly increasing populations and modern technologies that provided limited employment opportunities. The strategies advocated since the 1950s had largely failed to achieve self-sustained economic growth in these nations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProfessor Duller argues that the solution remained technological but required a radically new approach that responded to the actual conditions prevailing in much of the developing world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47773259399319,"sku":"9781041268116","price":8482.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781041268116.webp?v=1777978472","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/development-technology-9781041268116","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}