Appropriate Technology
Appropriate technology is a movement (and its manifestations) encompassing technological choice and application that is small-scale, affordable by locals, decentralized, labor-intensive, energy-efficient, environmentally sound, and locally autonomous. It was originally articulated as intermediate technology by the economist Ernst Friedrich "Fritz" Schumacher in his work Small Is Beautiful. Both Schumacher and many modern-day proponents of appropriate technology also emphasize the technology as people-centered.Appropriate technology has been used to address issues in a wide range of fields. Well-known examples of appropriate technology applications include: bike- and hand-powered water pumps (and other self-powered equipment), the universal nut sheller, self-contained solar lamps and streetlights, …
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World Bank Group · 11 November 2024 English
In Senegal, despite the existence of legal provisions and international commitments aimed at promoting gender equality in land rights, women continue to face significant challenges in accessing and controlling land. …
loans, commercialization services, and appropriate technology, as well as ensuring equal treatment with …
World Bank Group · 5 November 2024 English
remote supervision by leveraging field-appropriate technology for geo-referenced digital data collection …
GAIA: Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives · 2 November 2024 English
(2) Respect for all waste pickers and waste workers: upholding and strengthening human rights, we must center equity and justice in all our actions, protecting the livelihoods of waste pickers …
protection, more training opportunities, appropriate technology transfer, support for infrastructure and …
World Bank Group · 24 October 2024 English
and learning practices, enhanced using appropriate technology platforms. CLGTI will act as a knowledge …
AHURI: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute · 22 October 2024 English
In June 2021, the Canadian Parliament passed ‘An Act Respecting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 2021 (Canada)’, the purposes of which are to affirm the …
programs. A third planning project—Centre for Appropriate Technology Planning—involved the preparation of a …
World Bank Group · 19 October 2024 English
e-waste recycling facilities equipped with appropriate technology and processes will enable the safe and …
CMS: Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals · 16 October 2024 English
Review knowledge on motivations and drivers that underpin the use Sigs MTTF to coordinate M H M M economics and trade of marine turtles, turtle products, eggs and hatchlings in …
migration pathways, habitat use etc, using appropriate technology, (e.g. flipper and pit tagging, satellite …
ADB: Asian Development Bank · 14 October 2024 English
This report explains why women in Asia and the Pacific are more likely to suffer water insecurity, shows how it impacts their lives, and sets out ways to infuse gender …
Sultana 2002; Genter et al. 2023). • Appropriate technology. From a technical perspective, water and …
UN-Habitat: UN Human Settlements Programme · 10 October 2024 English
value chain including waste-pickers and other workers in informal It is important that developing and developed countries embrace The brief will highlight the need to move from linear to and …
recommendations training opportunities, appropriate technology transfer, support for they can help create …
UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation · 9 October 2024 English
research programmes, and the integration of appropriate technology and innovation to support a sustainable …
