APPROPRIATE-TECHNOLOGY FOR DEVELOPING-COUNTRIES - SOME ISSUES

Major problems in forecasting and identifying the appropriate technologies, especially in developing countries, have been presented. A set of criteria has been suggested for the objective evaluation of appropriate technologies. A conceptual analysis on appropriate technosystems with special reference to forecasting and planning has been carried out to show that it may be very difficult to attain self-organizing systems without huge inputs of energy and information. © 1979.