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This chapter is important for the light it throws on technological behaviour in the public sector of one African country which cannot adequately be explained by conventional arguments. In modified form, moreover, the theoretical framework of this chapter also finds expression later in the book.
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James, J. (1995). The Bureaucratic Choice of Techniques: Textiles in Tanzania. In: The State, Technology and Industrialization in Africa. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230377196_3
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