scholarly journals Overview of Appropriate Technology Research Organizations in France

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 144-150
Author(s):  
Byoung-Yoon Kim ◽  
Kyeong-Il Choi ◽  
Eunjung Kim ◽  
Dowon Kim ◽  
Changhyun Shim
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Collaborative Research ◽  
Appropriate Technology ◽  
Technology Research ◽  
Technology Infrastructure ◽  
Design Bureau ◽  
Research Organizations ◽  
Main Activity ◽  
Overseas Territories ◽  
Humanitarian Design

The purpose of this paper is to introduce representative appropriate technology research organizations operating in France. Among them, we would like to investigate and introduce five institutions that have acquired a lot of experience due to their long history. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) is a government-funded institution that strengthens science and technology infrastructure in Africa and overseas territories with the aim of supporting and educating science communities in developing countries, and conducts collaborative research with more diverse developing countries. Antenna France is an NGO organization whose main activity is to improve malnutrition in Africa. Ingénieurs sans frontiers is an NGO organization that sets sustainable development as the main goal of the association's activities and leads various activities such as education. Terre & Humanism is an NGO organization that practices ecological agriculture and carries out a social change movement urging to respect life and land, and to constitute an alternative society. Humanitarian Design Bureau is a corporation concept company that mainly carries out R&D for environmentally friendly products necessary for NGO activities.

Technology Transfer to a Developing Country

1990 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-124
Author(s):  
Tran Ngoc Ca
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Transfer Process ◽  
Appropriate Technology ◽  
Barriers To Technology

Radical progress in the economic and social framework of developing countries can be achieved through technology transfer. However, because many different barriers exist, in many cases technology transfer has not yet become very efficient. This article discusses some barriers to technology transfer as experienced by Vietnam and suggests ways to get appropriate technology through the transfer process.

Technology Issues and the New ICTs

Leonardo ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 311-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberto Verzola
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Universal Access ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Appropriate Technology ◽  
Public Ownership ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Cost Information ◽  
Compulsory Licensing ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
Ict Infrastructure

The author provides examples of low-cost information and communications technologies (ICTs) and suggests five major strategies for their low-cost deployment in developing countries: (1) appropriate technology, (2) free/open software, (3) compulsory licensing, (4) pay-per-use public stations and (5) community/public ownership of ICT infrastructure. Aside from the problems of affordability and universal access, the author identifies the Internet's built-in biases for (1) English, (2) subsidizing globalization, (3) automation and (4) the technofix, and explores the implications of these biases. The challenge is not only to design affordable and accessible technologies or to redesign technologies to be consistent with our deeply held values, but also to make ourselves less technology dependent.

Implementing BioSand Filters in Rural Honduras

2013 ◽  
pp. 468-496
Author(s):  
Jacob Z. Morris ◽  
Ken D. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Appropriate Technology ◽  
Clean Water ◽  
Similar System ◽  
Extreme Poverty ◽  
Biosand Filter ◽  
Point Of Use ◽  
The World

Access to clean water for drinking and sanitation is an urgent issue that the world is facing. According to the United Nations (UN), approximately one billion people live in extreme poverty, and almost 2.6 billion people live without the basics of adequate sanitation. Over the past two decades, the BioSand Filter has proven to be an effective and efficient point-of-use device to purify water to a potable level in developing countries. The success of this device is due to its simplicity, use of appropriate technology, and sustainability. This chapter discusses a case study of His Hands Mission International’s work installing these filters in the villages of rural Honduras. It focuses on the implementation, adoption, diffusion, and impacts of these filters, providing insight to the system’s factors of success. These factors provide information that can be utilized to improve the chances for success of similar system implementations around the world.

Predatory publishing and the Ghana experience: A call to action for information professionals

IFLA Journal ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 277-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kodjo Atiso ◽  
Jenna Kammer ◽  
Jenny Bossaller
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Call To Action ◽  
Predatory Journals ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Research Organizations ◽  
Information Professionals ◽  
Predatory Publishing ◽  
Research Scientists

Researchers in developing countries are more likely to publish in predatory journals (Xia et al., 2015). This study investigates the understanding that research scientists in Ghana, a developing country, have about predatory journals and their publishing practices. Using a mixed methods approach, research scientists within one cluster of research organizations in Ghana were asked about their awareness of the characteristics of predatory journals, based on their own experience as a researcher. Their publications were also examined. The results indicate that most of the research scientists in this study are aware of predatory journals and are often solicited by them, but are less aware of tools they can use to determine the quality of a particular publication. In addition, 12% of the articles published that make up 24% of the unique journals in which these researchers published could be considered “predatory”. The findings of this research are significant because they indicate that research scientists may have more awareness of predatory journals than is expected, but that they may lack the training or tools necessary for deciding whether or not a journal is legitimate.

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