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The dynamics of rural and agricultural mechanization: The role of different actors in technical and institutional change
Author(s) -
Ashford Tony,
Biggs Stephen D.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of international development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1328
pISSN - 0954-1748
DOI - 10.1002/jid.3380040403
Subject(s) - disequilibrium , technological change , government (linguistics) , agriculture , process (computing) , dynamics (music) , technical change , welfare , system dynamics , economic system , institutional change , resource (disambiguation) , economics , economic growth , public economics , business , political science , productivity , sociology , market economy , public administration , computer science , pedagogy , philosophy , artificial intelligence , macroeconomics , ecology , computer network , linguistics , biology , ophthalmology , operating system , medicine
This paper attempts to develop a framework to clarify some of the processes which take place in rural technological change. It moves beyond an acceptable description of dynamic interaction, towards a model based on states of dynamic disequilibrium, where analysis needs to focus on the forces which move the economy and give rise to changes in resource use and social welfare. An attempt has been made to model a part of what goes on inside the ‘black box’ of technical and institutional innovation: especially the way in which different private, government and non‐government organizations interact over time, and how their aims and objectives are reflected through the dynamics of the mechanization process. Some lessons for practitioners involved in technological change are proposed, which may act as guidelines for policy analysis and implementation.