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In organising a conference on industrial technologies appropriate for developing countries, the International Economic Association has two purposes in mind: to clarify the whole question, and to define what exactly is meant by appropriate technologies.
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- Opportunity Cost
- Project Evaluation
- Unskilled Labour
- United Nations Industrial Development Organization
- Capital Shortage
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Bourrières, P. (1979). Adaptation of Technologies to Available Resources. 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_1
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