Technological Change, Development and the Environment : Socio-Economic Perspectives

Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- CONTENTS -- TABLES -- FIGURES -- PREFACE -- Chapter One TECHNOLOGY: A FACTOR IN DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE -- INTRODUCTION -- THE CONTRIBUTIONS -- CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- Chapter Two POPULATION GROWTH, TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - THE INDIAN CASE, WITH A CRITIQUE OF MARXIST INTERPRETATION -- INTRODUCTION -- INDIA - ITS DEVELOPMENT IN A HISTORICAL CONTEXT -- MARX, PRODUCTION AND SOCIETY -- POPULATION GROWTH AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE FROM EXTENSIVE GROWTH TO INTENSIVE GROWTH PHASE -- MARX, MARXIST ECONOMISTS AND UNDERDEVELOPMENT OF INDIA -- CONCLUSION -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- Chapter Three NEW AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION: BANGLADESH'S ACHIEVEMENTS, PREDICAMENT AND PROSPECTS -- INTRODUCTION -- GROWTH AND CHANGE IN THE BANGLADESH ECONOMY: BACKGROUND -- TRENDS IN FOODGRAIN PRODUCTION AND IMPORT -- EXPANDING FOODGRAIN PRODUCTION IN RESPONSE TO POPULATION PRESSURE -- MODERN AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY AND SUSTAINABILITY OF AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS -- DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY AND IMPORTED INPUTS -- CONCLUDING COMMENTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Chapter Four TECHNOLOGY AND ITS TRANSFER TO LESS DEVELOPED ECONOMIES -- INTRODUCTION -- A BRIEF HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS -- CAUSES OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE -- GLOBAL DIFFUSION OF TECHNOLOGY -- PRIYATOSH MAITRA ON INDUSTRIALIZATION -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Chapter Five PARTNERSHIP IN RESEARCH: A NEW MODEL FOR DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE -- INTRODUCTION -- FROM DEVELOPMENT MODELS TO PRACTICE -- REDISCOVERING AGRICULTURE AND THE RATIONAL FARMER -- BEYOND SIMPLE COOPERATION WITH IARCs AND FOREIGNE XPERTS -- THE PROOF OF THE PUDDING IS IN THE EATING -- SOME PRELIMINARY LESSONS -- CONCLUDING COMMENT