Other titles of interest

United Nations University Press
53-70, Jingumae 5-chome, Shibuya-ku
Tokyo 150, Japan

Expanding Access to Science and Technology
The Role of Information Technologies
Edited by Ines Wesley-Tanaskovic, Jacques Tocatlian, and Kenneth H. Roberts

This study takes as its primary concern access on the part of developing countries to new information technologies. The experiences and strategies of major international information programmes of the last 25 years are reviewed.

ISBN 92-808-0844-3
US$47, airmail US$52
Developing country price: US$23.50, airmail US$28.50

Technological Independence
The Asian Experience
Edited by Saneh Chamarik and Susantha Goonatilake

This volume examines the experiences and perspectives of technological development in six Asian countries: China, India, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, and Thailand.

ISBN 92-808-758-7
US$40, airmail US$45
Developing country price: US$20, airmail US$25

Human Rights and Scientific and Technological Development
Edited by C.G. Weeramantry

This work represents an effort to develop a conceptual framework for the study of the interactions between human rights and scientific and technological development and review the current state of research in the area.

ISBN 92-808-0731-5
US$35, airmail US$40
Developing country price: US$17.50, airmail US$22.50

Information Technology in Selected Countries
Reports from Ireland, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Tanzania
Edited by Eileen P. Drew and F. Gordon Foster

Taking as a point of departure experiences in Ireland with processes of information technology innovation, this study explores in three country studies the main features of innovation in the 1970s and 1980s with the aim of providing insights and comparison for further development.

ISBN 92-808-0831-1
US$27, airmail US$32
Developing country price: US$13.50, airmail
US$18.50

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Science - "empirical knowledge" - and technology "applied science" - have long played a key role in serial development. In modern times they have come to be seen as absolutely essential factors-in the achievement of economic growth and development. And though many dispute their ascendancy and legitimately point to their abuses, there is no escaping their presence and impact.
Taking as a main theme the central role of science and technology in economic progress, this first-of-a-kind sourcebook gathers together the perspectives and expertise of an international body of specialists in science and technology policy to examine the role of science and technology in development, and assess their social, economic, and political dimensions. The authors look at the key issues in relation to the exigencies of developing countries in the "new international context." They emphasize the complexity of the links between science, technology, and development and the important insights to be gained from the study of these links. The authors also point out that, despite science and technology's promise of social and economic progress, such progress is less than ever an inevitable result of their application - though there is no doubt about what tan be achieved through science and technology, the quest is an uncertain one.

Jean-Jacques Salomon is Professor of Technology and Society and the Director of the Centre Science, Technologie et Société, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM), Paris. Francisco R. Sagasti is founder of Grupo de Análisis paw el Desarrollo (GRADE), Lima, where he is Principal Researcher. Céline Sachs-Jeantet is Researcher at the Fondation de la Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris.

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