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Culture, technology and policy in the informal sector: attention to endogenous development

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2011

C. Magbaily Fyle
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In the development debate relating to Third World countries the concept of ‘accelerated growth’ dominated the initial arguments. Thus it was stated in one report that ‘the acceleration of the rate of economic growth of the developing countries and the rapid improvement in their social structures through the eradication of mass poverty and of inequality of income require inter alia a large-scale transfer from the vast pool of technology accumulated mainly in the developed countries’ (UNCTAD, 1972: 1).

Résumé

Culture, technologie et politique dans le secteur non-officiel: attention portée au développement endogène

Cet article examine le rôle des forgerons dans l'économie du Sierra Leone. Il tente de démontrer que ce métier ne devrait pas simplement être considéré en termes économiques, mais que les valeurs culturelles qui lui sont associées en feraient une base plus acceptable de développement des capacités technologiques du Sierra Leone. Les formules et les niveaux de production, les liens avec les secteurs d'économie officiels, en particulier l'approvisionnement en matières premières, les politiques de prix pratiquées par les forgerons font l'objet de discussion. L'article conclut que la tendance à la détérioration dans l'économie représentera un facteur essentiel qui permettra d'attirer l'attention sur l'artisanat des forgerons au Sierra Leone.

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Ecology and technology
Information
Africa , Volume 57 , Issue 4: Sierra Leone, 1787-1987 , October 1987 , pp. 498 - 509
Copyright
Copyright © International African Institute 1987

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