"Proceedings of the international conference on 'Science and Technology in Third World Development' held at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland in April 1993, and organised by the Science, Technology, and Development Forum ... [et al.]"-- P. [1].

Includes bibliographical references.

Intellectual property and Third World development : the case of Indian patent law and economic development / Rajendra Prasad (14 p.). -- The effect of some sectoral development on technology : the case of the informal sector / J. G. M Massaquoi ( 9 p.). -- Technology policy and industrialisation policy in the global economy / Charles Cooper (13 p.). -- Computer studies in least developed countries : a case study of Zambia / Patrick H Corr (13 p.). -- Technology education under reconstruction : the case of Uganda / Ullrich Boehm (10 p.). -- Training for labour-based road construction and maintenance / Andreas Beusch (13 p.). -- Workshop on "transfer of technology" / Frank O'Reilly (5 p.). -- Technology transfer to Bangladesh : aid-dependence and failures in technology acquisition / M. M Huq (17 p.). -- The role of international organisations in information technology transfer : the African experience / Mayrui Odedra-Straub (10 p.). -- Technology transfer and international organisations : the question of localisation / K. Y Chooi (17 p.). -- Technology transfer and the evironment / Richard Sandbrook (3 p.).

Rainwater catchment systems technology : recent developments in Africa and Asia / John E Gould (13 p.). -- Biotechnology for poverty alleviation in Third World countries / Regina Maria A. A Galhardi (12 p.). -- Application of biotechnology in in digenous fermented foods / K. E Aidoo (9 p.). -- Technology development in road construction and maintenance for developing countries / R. C Petts (13 p.). -- Indigenous knowledge : the way forwards or backwards in tropical agricultural development? / D Fielding (12 p.). -- Utilisation of local phosphate deposits as a fertiliser in Zambia / S Simukanga (11 p.). -- Enzyme production for jute processing / B. J. B Wood (17 p.). --

The use of natural coagulants to treat wastewaters for agricultural reuse in developing countries / R. G. H Holmes (9 p.). -- Technology transfer for local manufacture of mini- and micro-hydropower equipment within Vietnam, Thailand and the Lao PDR / J. P Green (15 p.). -- Constraints on the diffusion of small-scale hydropower in northern Pakistan / A. A Williams (10 p.). -- Wind diesel systems for developing countries / A Scotney (9 p.). -- The Indus River and Pakistan's economy : energy, environmental resources, and developmental policy / Peter S Meadows (11 p.). -- Sustainable water supply and improved sanitation for low income communities / John Pickford (3 p.). --