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CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGIES AND MICROCOMPUTER APPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

About the Book

This report covers microcomputer applications in cutting edge technologies for developing countries. For those developing countries with experience in microcomputer use, it provides informartion on important new areas. These include advanced computer concepts, artificial intelligence, computer-aided design and manufacture, applied expert systems, and geographic information systems. For developing countries initiating use of microcomputers, this report can help set priorities by providing awareness of the unique ways that problems in resource assessment, resource utilization, and communication can be approached using newly developed hardware and software.

For all developing countries, microcomputers can assist government and industrial planning with extensive guidance on options and outcomes. Microcomputers have a special role in development because they can provide access to new technologies and facilitate the implementation of these technologies. Because of these dual functions in technology and planning, microcomputers can speed the incorporation of science and technology into both government and industrial planning and maximize its benefits.

Preparation of this report was coordinated by the Board on Science and Technology for International Development in response to a request from the U. S. Agency for International Development.

Published in cooperation with
the Board on Science and Technology
for International Development,
Office of International Affairs,
National Research Council
and
the National Board for Scientific
and Technological Research
and
the Luso-American Development
Foundation of Portugal

Cutting Edge Technologies and Microcomputer Applications for Developing Countries

Report of an Ad Hoc Panel on the Use of Microcomputers for Developing Countries

First published 1988 by Westview Press, Inc.

Published 2018 by Routledge
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Copyright 1988 by the National Academy of Sciences

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Cutting edge technologies and microcomputer applications for Developing Countries / written by the members of BOSTID (Board on Science and Technology for International Development).
p. cm.(Westview special studies in science, technology, and public policy)
ISBN 0-8133-7645-9
1. High technologyDeveloping countries. 2. MicrocomputersDeveloping countries. I. National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Science and Technology for International Development. II. Series.
T49.5.C87 1988
004'.09172'4dc19

88-5714
CIP

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data: A CIP catalogue record of this book is available from the British Library
ISBN (U.K.): 1-85339-090-0

ISBN 13: 978-0-367-01266-3 (hbk)

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.

This report has been reviewed by a group other than the authors according to procedures approved by a Report Review Committee consisting of members of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine.

The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit, self-perpetuating society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare. Upon the authority of the charter granted to it by the Congress in 1863, the Academy has a mandate that requires it to advise the federal government on scientific and technical matters. Dr. Frank Press is president of the National Academy of Sciences.

The National Academy of Engineering was established in 1964, under the charter of the National Academy of Sciences, as a parallel organization of outstanding engineers. It is autonomous in its administration and in the selection of its members, sharing with the National Academy of Sciences the responsibility for advising the federal government. The National Academy of Engineering also sponsors engineering programs aimed at meeting national needs, encourages education and research, and recognizes the superior achievement of engineers. Dr. Robert M. White is president of the National Academy of Engineering.

The Institute of Medicine was established in 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences to secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions in the examination of policy matters pertaining to the health of the public. The Institute acts under the responsibility given to the National Academy of Sciences by its congressional charter to be an adviser to the federal government and, upon its own initiative, to identify issues of medical care, research, and education. Dr. Samuel O. Thier is president of the Institute of Medicine.

The National Research Council was organized by the National Academy of Sciences in 1916 to associate the broad community of science and technology with the Academy's purposes of furthering knowledge and advising the federal government. Functioning in accordance with general policies determined by the Academy, the Council has become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities. The Council is administered jointly by both Academies and the Institute of Medicine. Dr. Frank Press and Dr. Robert M. White are chairman and vice chairman, respectively, of the National Research Council.

The Board on Science and Technology for International Development (BOSTID) of the Office of International Affairs addresses a range of issues arising from the ways in which science and technology in developing countries can stimulate and complement the complex processes of social and economic development. It oversees a broad program of activities with scientific organizations in developing countries, and examines ways to apply science and technology to problems of economic and social development through various programs, research grants, and mechanisms. BOSTID's Advisory Committee on Technology Innovation publishes topical reviews of technical processes and biological resources of potential importance to developing countries.

These proceedings have been prepared by the Board on Science and Technology for International Development, Office of International Affairs, National Research Council, under Grant No. DAN-5538-G-SS-1023-00 from the U.S. Agency for International Development.

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