Introducing Technology Justice: A new paradigm for the SDGs

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Amber Meikle
Jodi Sugden

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15/06/2015

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Development , NGOs , Sustainability , Technology

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As national governments, development actors, and businesses negotiate, commit to, and begin to implement Sustainable Development Goals for the next 15 years, Practical Action makes the case for Technology Justice to inform their actions and ambitions. This briefing paper introduces the arguments and opportunities for harnessing technology to help achieve universal and sustainable development in a world of technology inequality and rapid technological change. Subsequent briefing papers in this series will take a deeper look at specific challenges to and opportunities for achieving Technology Justice. These will draw on Practical Action’s programmatic and policy work with technology as it interconnects with agriculture, climate change, energy, disaster risk reduction, inclusive markets, and urban services.

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This is the first paper in the Technology Justice Briefing Series. It introduces the arguments and opportunities for harnessing technology to help achieve universal and sustainable development in the post-2015 agenda.

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Meikle, A., and Sugden, J., (2015) Introducing Technology Justice: A new paradigm for the sustainable development goals, Rugby, UK: Practical Action Publishing

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9781780446240
9781780449104

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