The Role of Small-scale Power Generation Based on Solid Fuels in Developing Countries

1987 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 285-290
Author(s):  
KURT GOLDSMITH
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Solid Fuels ◽  
Small Scale

scholarly journals Problems of Working Women in the Rural Informal Sector of Punjab (Pakistan)

1999 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-99
Author(s):  
Karamat Ali ◽  
Abdul Hamid Abdul Hamid
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Informal Sector ◽  
Working Women ◽  
Variable Structure ◽  
Policy Instrument ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Formal Sector ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
The One

The informal sector plays a significant role in Pakistan’s economy as well as in other developing countries. The role of the informal sector in solving the unemployment problem of Third World countries has become the focus of a conceptual and empirical debate in recent years. Most of the research takes a favourable view of this sector and suggests that it should be used as a policy instrument for the solution of the most pressing problems of developing countries, such as unemployment, poverty, income inequalities, etc. Before proceeding further, we will define the informal sector and differentiate it from the formal sector. There are various definitions, but the one given in an ILO report (1972) is generally considered the best. According to this report, informal sector activities are ways of doing things characterised by a heterogeneous array of economic activities with relative ease of entry, reliance on indigenous resources; temporary or variable structure and family ownership of enterprises, small scale of operation, labour intensive and adapted technology, skills acquired outside the formal school system, not depending on formal financial institutions for its credit needs; unregulated and unregistered units, and not observing fixed hours/days of operation.

scholarly journals The Role of Small-Scale Biofuel Production in Brazil: Lessons for Developing Countries

Agriculture ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arielle Muniz Kubota ◽  
João Dal Belo Leite ◽  
Marcos Watanabe ◽  
Otávio Cavalett ◽  
Manoel Leal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Biofuel Production ◽  
Small Scale

The Quotidian Labour of High Tech: Innovation and Ordinary Work in Shenzhen

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 218-236
Author(s):  
Hallam Stevens
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Small Enterprises ◽  
Lower Middle Class ◽  
Start Ups ◽  
Human Networks

The literature on the production of high-tech electronics in China—following a Silicon Valley model—focuses on either large-scale manufacturing or the role of start-ups and ‘makers’. The aim of this article is to turn to other kinds of spaces and work in the production of high-tech electronics. I focus here on three kinds of spaces in Shenzhen: the Huaqiangbei electronics market, small-scale factories and industrial design workshops. The electronics economy depends critically not just on ‘makers’ but on all kinds of other labour. In particular, it depends on lower middle-class and low-class work—devices made by small factories and shops, sold by small enterprises and designed for the less wealthy, especially in developing countries. The human networks that connect these individuals are critical to the size, speed and density of the markets, allowing devices to be built and shipped rapidly, for parts and customers to be available.

The Limited Role of Rural Small-scale Manufacturing for Late-comers: Some Hypotheses on the Colombian Experience

1987 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 295-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert Berry
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Rural Industry ◽  
Capital Shortage ◽  
Limited Role

This paper focuses on the question of whether and how rural industry contributed to the advance of modern industrialization in Colombia. The question is of considerable interest to students of developing countries, since rural industry remains quite important (especially when assessed by the level of employment created) in many such countries, and there is evidence that it may be relatively efficient under the prevailing conditions of labour abundance and capital shortage.

scholarly journals Entrepreneurial developments and small scale industry contribution to Nigerian national development- A marketing interface

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 51-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayozie Daniel Ogechukwu
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
National Development ◽  
Operational Definition ◽  
Financial Assistance ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Marketing Practice ◽  
Small Scale Industry ◽  
Nigerian Government ◽  
The Government

In both developed and developing countries, the government is turning to small and medium scale industries and entrepreneurs, as a means of economic development and a veritable means of solving problems. It is a seedbed of innovations, inventions and employment. Entrepreneurship is as old as Nigeria and had contributed to the growth of the economy. Presently in Nigeria, SMEs assist in promoting the growth of the country’s economy, hence all the levels of government at different times have policies which promote the growth and sustenance of SMEs. This paper identifies the orientation of SME’s and entrepreneurial trends in Nigeria, tackles the operational definition and scopes, and describes the role of the Nigerian government as a participant, regulator and facilitator, both legally and politically in the growth of SMEs and entrepreneurship. It identifies the marketing problems of SMEs and entrepreneurships in Nigeria, the provision and enactment of beneficial and supportive laws, the provision of infrastructural facilities, constant man-power and development, direct financial assistance to SMEs and the establishment of finance institutions to support SMEs. It identifies the roles of SMEs in Nigeria’s development and growth. It discusses the entrepreneurial thoughts, problems and advance practical marketing solution. It concludes by clearly specifying the role of marketing to the survival of SMEs and entrepreneurship in Nigeria, and relevant recommendations. For SMEs to survive marketing practice and principles must be given prominence.

scholarly journals Small-scale Distributed Power Generation Development in the Siberian Regions: Evaluation of Efficiency

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
V.M. Markova ◽  
Victor Churashev
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Comparative Assessment ◽  
Power Engineering ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Topical Issue ◽  
Distributed Power ◽  
Distributed Power Generation ◽  
Development Plans ◽  
Municipal Level

<p>It is shown that topical issue is the solution of problems of enhancement of structure electro and heat generations in regions of Russia, including through synchronization of schemes electro and heat supplies. It causes the necessity of integration to municipal level power engineering into development plans for big power industry that causes gain of a role of the distributed power engineering (including the cogeneration installations). The carried-out serial calculations for comparative assessment of a row of technologies of the small-scale distributed power generation in the Novosibirsk and Kemerovo regions allowed to select the perspective directions of diversification of energetic branch. </p>

On retroeconomy

2017 ◽  
pp. 148-159
Author(s):  
V. Papava
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Detrimental Effect ◽  
International Competition ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
Role Of The Government

This paper analyzes the problem of technological backwardness of economy. In many mostly developing countries their economies use obsolete technologies. This can create the illusion that this or that business is prosperous. At the level of international competition, however, it is obvious that these types of firms do not have any chance for success. Retroeconomics as a theory of technological backwardness and its detrimental effect upon a country’s economy is considered in the paper. The role of the government is very important for overcoming the effects of retroeconomy. The phenomenon of retroeconomy is already quite deep-rooted throughout the world and it is essential to consolidate the attention of economists and politicians on this threat.

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