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In surveying so extensive a literature as that concerning the question of appropriate technology in less-developed countries one is forced to be unusually selective. Addressed to over a hundred such nations the issues that have been raised in discussing this question are large in number. The topics that I shall be discussing in this paper will therefore reflect my bias.
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Dasgupta, P. (1979). On Appropriate Technology. In: Robinson, A. (eds) Appropriate Technologies for Third World Development. International Economic Association Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-03931-9_2
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