ECONOMICS
TECHNOLOGY
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Question
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Low income level are not concerned.
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Limited incentives to engage in R&D.
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Limited resources to devote to new technology development.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Well-known examples of appropriate technology applications include: bike-and hand-powered water pumps (and other self-powered equipment), the universal nut sheller, self-contained solar lamps and streetlights, and passive solar building designs.
Detailed explanation-2: -Appropriate Technology is used to solve technological problems throughout the world, by providing sustainable solutions which are beneficial to the local community, and which are sensitive to the need to reduce environmental pollution, by using renewable sources of energy and recycling materials wherever possible.
Detailed explanation-3: -Specific barriers include: i) AT seen as inferior or “poor person’s” technology, ii) technical transferability and robustness of AT, iii) insufficient funding, iv) weak institutional support, and v) the challenges of distance and time in tackling rural poverty.
Detailed explanation-4: -social barriers, communication and information specific barriers, barriers to open source technology, barriers to technology (AT or in general), and. social and technical barriers inter-connected.