Download or read book Technologies for Basic Needs written by Hans Wolfgang Singer and published by Concept Publishing Company. This book was released on 1982 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ILO pub-WEP pub. Monograph on the appropriate choice of technology to satisfy basic needs in the economic development of developing countries - proposes use of local level technology rather than technology transfer, discusses the role of research and development, extension services, etc., and refers to the need for education and training of technicians and trainers, and to the role of ILO, etc., and includes a directory of development centres dealing mainly with small-scale and rural area technologies. References.