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HOLISTIC APPROACH TO DEVELOPMENT BY APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY IN SOUTHERN COUNTRIES By Dr. Costantino Faillace |
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HOLISTIC APPROACH TO DEVELOPMENT BY APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY IN SOUTHERN COUNTRIES By Dr. Costantino Faillace |
| Problems Preventing
Development The present state of affairs shows that developing countries are, in most cases, affected by increasing indebtedness and poverty, and are therefore unable to support themselves. This is due to many factors such as wide-spread illiteracy, fast population growth, limited technical knowledge, lack of proper planning for the exploitation of its natural resources, increasing interest towards extracting economic gains in the shortest time. As consequence of this, profits are concentrated in the hands of a few persons to the detriment of welfare of the communities. In addition, the natural resources have often been unwisely exploited while, in some other cases, they remain untapped due to lack of funds and proper planning. In the past, it has not been rare to observe that the goals of development projects have been dominated mainly by private interest, by promoting a return on capital investment in a short time, while little or no consideration was given to social and environmental aspects. At present there is a particular need to invest in projects focusing on social impact. |
