Assignment 2
Semester 2 2022
Unique no:
860252
Due: 16 September 2022
Research-based essay
Question 1:
recommendations to address these gaps. The focus of your essay should be in a
country of your choice. (100 Marks)
OR
Read the extract below and answer the question that follows:
“Not all technologies can be adopted from abroad, which is another reason why
the technological adopters stay behind the technological leaders: Much of what
the technological leaders are producing is not necessarily relevant to the
adopter’s needs if the ecological settings are quite different. If US inventors
develop new processes for raising wheat productivity, that may have little direct
benefit for cassava growers in Africa. Local needs require local innovations in
many sectors” (Sachs & McArthur, 2002).
Extracted from: Sachs, J.D. & McArthur, J.W. 2002. Technological advancement
and long-term economic growth in Asia. Available on
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/251862885. Accessed 2021, March
23.