Author Description

The Promise And Perils Of High-tech Approaches To Development / Rachel A. Parker And Richard P. Appelbaum -- Creating The Future: Materials, Innovation, And The Scientific Community / Todd M. Osman -- Rural Development, Technology, And Policy Memory: Anthropological Reflections From Bangladesh On Technological Change / David Lewis -- Achieving Equitable Outcomes Through Emerging Technologies: A Social Empowerment Approach / Guillermo Foladori -- Emerging Technologies And Inequalities: Beyond The Technological Transition / Susan Cozzens -- The Progress Of Nanotechnology In China / Chen Wang And Can Huang -- Food Security: From The Green Revolution To Nanotechnology / Jennifer Rogers And Amy Zader -- (nano)technology And Food Security: What Scientists Can Learn From Malian Farmers / Scott M. Lacy -- Innovations For Development: The African Challenge / Moses Kizza Musaazi -- Nanotechnology For Potable Water And General Consumption In Developing Countries / Thembela Hillie And Mbhuti Hlophe -- Solid-state Lighting: A Market-based Approach To Escaping The Poverty Trap / Dave Irvine Halliday -- Energy For Development: The Case Of Bioenergy In Brazil / Carlos Henrique De Brito Cruz -- Implications Of Nanotechnology For Labor And Employment: Assessing Nanotechnology Products In Brazil / Noela Invernizzi -- Seeking The Non-developmental Within The Developmental: Mobile Phones In The Globalized Migration Context / Arul Chib And Rajiv G. Aricat -- Responsible Innovation, Global Governance, And Emerging Technologies / Andrew D. Maynard, Antje Grobe, And Ortwin Renn -- Risk Perception, Public Participation, And Sustainable Global Development Of Nanotechnologies / Barbara Herr Harthorn, Christine Shearer, And Jennifer Rogers -- Global Governance Of Emerging Technologies: From Science Networking To Coordinated Oversight / Mihail C. Roco. Edited By Rachel A. Parker, Richard P. Appelbaum. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.