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- The world is rapidly approaching a new fin de siècle
with similar transitional pains (or worse) to those of a century
ago. Seldom has the world undergone more rapid and dramatic changes
than at present, manifested in the sudden demise of the Second
World, or the 'socialist camp'. A global restructuring of giant
dimensions is taking place, with dangers and risks, but also
offering new challenges and opportunities, not least for the
Third World - the central theme of this important volume.
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- The book addresses issues that are emerging from the present
restructuring, the pervasive diffusion of new generic technologies,
and especially the problems now confronting the developing countries.
What is at stake for this part of the world? What lessons can
be learned from the success stories of those who apparently 'made
it' (notably the East Asian 'tigers'), and their subsequent problems.
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- As many of the authors in this wide-ranging volume reveal,
drawing from detailed empirical observations, the panacea of
deregulation and 'free market' solutions, so often suggested
in the academic and political debates today, does not automatically
provide answers to the problems confronting the developing countries,
or for that matter the ex-Soviet bloc.
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- A distinguished group of contributors have produced an illuminating
and persuasive analysis of the complex relationship between new
technologies and development.
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- ISBN 0 947568 58 1
- 1993
- £30.00/US$55.00
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- 'This book stands out from the vast literature about technological
development in Third World countries.... analyses the factors
involved in a very deep and systematic manner.... extremely interesting
and useful.'
- Science and Public Policy
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