Preface

Introduction

I Policy Approaches

Macro-policies for Appropriate Technology: A synthesis of findings

Frances Stewart

Gustav Ranis

Rural linkages and choice of technology

Gustav Ranis

The effect of policy and policy reforms on non-agricultural enterprises and employment in developing countries: A review of past experiences

Steve Haggblade

Carl Liedholm

Donald C Mead

Discussion: Macro-policies for Appropriate Technology

II Policies and Places

Macro-policies and technology choice in the Philippines

Romeo M Bautista

Appropriate Technology and rural industrial development in Bangladesh: The macro-context

Q K Ahmad

Discussion: Policy approaches toward technology choice and small enterprise development in Asia

Macro-policies for Appropriate Technology in Zimbabwean industry

Daniel B Ndlela

Impact of economic policies on technological choice and development in Tanzanian industry

S M Wangwe

M S D Bagachwa

Discussion: Policy approaches toward technology choice and small enterprise development in Africa

Macroeconomic policy, technological change and rural development: The Costa Rica case

Eduardo Doryan-Garron

The Fundap/Momostenango project: A strategy for development promoted by the private sector (The Guatemala Case)

Roberto Gutierrez

Discussion: Policy approaches toward technology choice and small enterprise development in Latin America

III Policies and Rural Industrialization

Macro-Strategies and rural industrialization in comparative perspective

Ashwani Saith

Discussion: Macro-policies and rural industrialization in comparative perspective

Small-scale industrialization, policies and industrial development in rural regions

Francisco Uribe-Echevarria

On the dynamism of small and medium industry in Colombia: Some possible lessons

Albert Berry

Mariluz Cortes

Ashfaq Ishaq

Discussion: Rural linkages

Appropriate Technology in publicly owned industries in Kenya and Tanzania

Jeffrey James

The impact of macroeconomic policies on small-scale industry: Some analytical considerations

E V K Fitzgerald

Notes on income distribution, growth and demand

Charles Cooper

Discussion: Small-scale industrial policies

IV Policy Experience and Policy Problems

Reflections on development aid policies

Bahman Mansuri

The UNCDF Programme

Gregoire De Kalbermatten

The pros and cons of policy changes

Ton De Wilde

Dilemmas for research

Henk Thomas

Synthesis

Frances Stewart

Observations by participants

W Rasaputram

S M Wangwe

E Doryan-Garron

Adept: Adapt

Luc De La Rive Box

References

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