THE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTER
Technology Transfer and the Human Factor
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Technology Management
So what do we do with technologies, both hard and soft? Where does it fit in the sustainability framework at the local level?
GDRC Special Feature: Appropriate Technology GDRC Special Feature: Technology Databases
In this GDRC programme, "Technology" is taken to mean not only machines and equipment, but also the skills, abilities, knowledge, systems and processes necessary to make things happen ... thus technologies are meant to be total systems that include know-how, procedures, goods and services, as well as organizational and operational measures.

"Technology Management" is actually a structural process of learning. The key components of management can be identified as knowledge derived from real-world experience together with human expertise capable of transforming that knowledge into action.

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Highlights of GDRC Research
  • Introduction - Technology and Environment
  • Creating an Environment for Environmental Technology
  • Technology Transfer for Sustainable Development
  • Notes on Technology Transfer
  • Bilateral Technology Transfer using the Internet
    • What is GDRC doing now?
    		   Currently, GDRC is focussing on capacities for the public and private sectors, to assess technologies within a sustainable development framework.
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  • Gender and Development: Towards a Gender Analysis Framework to assist the application, adoption and use of Environmentally Sound Technologies
  • Urban Environments: How-Tos - Urban Technologies
    • GDRC:
    Keeping the Forest
    and the Trees
    in Mind
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