Breaking the Vicious Circle of Underdevelopment through  Science and Technology: The Case of Least Developed Countries

Güliz SÜTÇÜ

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Breaking the Vicious Circle of Underdevelopment through Science and Technology: The Case of Least Developed Countries

Authors:

Güliz SÜTÇÜ

Publisher:

Yalova University

Journal:

Alternatives: Turkish Journal of International Relations 2011 Vol.10 Issue 4, pp.51-64

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

7/2011

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000665207

Frequency:

Monthly

eISSN:

1303-5525

pISSN:

2146-0809

Abstract:

 

 	Since the beginning of the 20th century, the Least Developed Countries  (LDCs) have become the main issue of a hot debate on development  and under the lead of the United Nations, both the international  community and the LDCs themselves spent huge efforts for the LDCs'  achieving the goal of sustainable development. Nevertheless, the steps  taken so far for the LDCs' development remained insufficient and  hence, point out that there is an evident need for designing a different  development strategy with a novel perspective. It has been recognized  that the previous strategies have been mostly economy-centered and  hence, are lacking of the necessary potential to enable the LDCs break  the vicious circle that they have been experiencing. This made clear the  need for a new conceptualization of the development strategies by including  the human dimension. Science and technology (S&T) provided  the required solution to fill this gap within the development strategies.  Structural transformation, which is essential for the maximum use of  both the LDCs' domestic resources and capabilities and of the external  aid, has been understood as possible only by integrating S&T to the  development strategies. Hence, it has become obvious that solely with  making progress in their S&T, LDCs can increase the benefit that they  would get from the existing development aids and also can create new  and local resources and capacities. This, in the long term, would trigger  a development process enabling the LDCs meet their own needs  and realize their goal of sustainable development.

Article Details

Breaking the Vicious Circle of Underdevelopment through Science and Technology: The Case of Least Developed Countries

Authors: Güliz SÜTÇÜ

Publisher: Yalova University

Journal: Alternatives: Turkish Journal of International Relations 2011 Vol.10 Issue 4, pp.51-64

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 7/2011

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2000665207

Frequency: Monthly

eISSN: 1303-5525

pISSN: 2146-0809

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Authors:

Güliz SÜTÇÜ

Publisher:

Yalova University

Journal:

Alternatives: Turkish Journal of International Relations 2011 Vol.10 Issue 4, pp.51-64

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

7/2011

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000665207

Frequency:

Monthly

eISSN:

1303-5525

pISSN:

2146-0809