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Robbins, Peter; Watkins, Andrew; Wield, David and Wilson, Gordon
(2017).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2017.1323551
Abstract
The importance of science in development has been increasingly recognised in development discourses and policy since 2000. Engineering is less visible though engineering and engineers are important for the building and maintenance of transport, water, energy, industrial, informatics, urban and health systems. This article aims to investigate why engineering has not received more emphasis, including why development engineering has not been institutionalised like tropical medicine. It explores the nature of engineering in development, highlights recent efforts to headline engineering for development and, using analyses of what engineers know and do inside international development, suggests that its profile and effectiveness is emerging.
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- Item Type
- Journal Item
- ISSN
- 1360-2241
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Funded Project Name Project ID Funding Body Not Set Not Set Open University (via Research & Enterprise Office) - Keywords
- development; engineering; inclusive innovation; knowledge; policy
- Academic Unit or School
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Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Social Sciences and Global Studies > Development
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Social Sciences and Global Studies
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) - Research Group
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Innovation, Knowledge & Development research centre (IKD)
Institute for Innovation Generation in the Life Sciences (Innogen) - Depositing User
- David Wield