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The Role of Nanotechnologies in Development and Poverty Alleviation: A Matter of Controversy

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dc.contributor 0000-0002-7441-3233
dc.contributor 0000-0003-2866-3650
dc.creator Foladori, Guillermo
dc.creator Invernizzi, Noela
dc.creator Maclurcan, Donald
dc.date 2017-05-12T20:07:44Z
dc.date 2017-05-12T20:07:44Z
dc.date 2007-11-14
dc.date.accessioned 2022-03-25T17:51:21Z
dc.date.available 2022-03-25T17:51:21Z
dc.identifier info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.identifier 1833-122X
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11845/231
dc.identifier.uri http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/124559
dc.description Nanotechnologies promise to be the foundation of the next industrial revolution. What role can they play in abating poverty and inequity in the world? This question has been raised, directly or indirectly, by various authors and institutions since the year 2000, when nanotechnology came to be the focus of government research programs, primarily in the developed world but also in countries in the process of development. In this article we review the positions taken by the principle institutions that addressed that question in the period 2000-2006. We identify two main positions. One gives importance to the technical advantages that nanotechnologies can offer to resolve key development themes, such as potable water, cheap and pollutant-free energy, and the diagnoses and treatment of health matters. This position we call the instrumental position, as it separates technological instruments from the socio-economic context and market pressures that influence nanotechnology development, appropriation and use. The other position, which we call contextual, analyzes nanotechnologies within the framework of social, economic and political forces in which they originate and are developed. Arising out of that context, this second position questions whether new technologies can be leveraged to reduce poverty and inequity in a world that is driven by lucrative interests.
dc.format application/pdf
dc.language eng
dc.publisher International Foundation for the Advancement of Technology
dc.relation http://www.azonano.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=2041
dc.relation generalPublic
dc.rights openAccess
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/
dc.source Journal of Matrerials Online.
dc.subject TECNOLOGÍA Y CAMBIO SOCIAL [630707]
dc.subject info:eu-repo/classification/Nanotecnología - Desarrollo
dc.subject info:eu-repo/classification/Tecnología - Desarrollo
dc.subject info:eu-repo/classification/Inequidad tecnológica
dc.title The Role of Nanotechnologies in Development and Poverty Alleviation: A Matter of Controversy
dc.type article
dc.coverage Global


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