Developing Technologies for the Rural Poor

This selective review looks at case studies where NGOs have been involved in rural/agricultural technology programmes directed at the rural poor, and attempts to identify those common features which characterize the agencies that have met with success. (Published in the ITDG Occasional Paper series).

About the author

Stephen Biggs retired from DEV in 2004 but has continued researching fair trade, rural poverty reduction, rural mechanization, employment and energy policy, and science and technology policy. Most of his research and professional interests have been concerned with rural poverty reduction in Nepal, Bangladesh and India. Currently, he is working with colleagues on rural poverty, mechanization, employment and energy policy in South Asia.

Product details

• Authors: Ruth Alsop, Stephen Biggs
• Publisher: Practical Action Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781853393655
• ISBN: 978-1-85339-365-5
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 203 mm x 7 mm
• Weight: 147 g
• Series: Occasional Papers; Occasional Papers
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education