This volume traces the development of Ghana's informal engineering
section through stories of the progress of the actual people
involved. The first generation of grassroots engineers are wayside
vehicle mechanics, or "fitters", engaged in repairing imported
machinery. The author argues that the evolution of the fitter from
this role to that of a manufacturer of tools, machines and
equipment serving a wide range of "secondary" urban and rural
industries is central to progress in engineering, and that
engineering - and engineers - are central to the develoment of an
economy.;The book charts the progress of the men and women who have
been able to make this transformation, with the assistance of the
Technology Consultancy Centre and the Intermediate Technology
Transfer Unit. It shows that all progress depends upon the human
factor; on the people with the courage, the entrepreneurial
qualities and the skill eneded to pioneer any new industrial and
commercial activity. All this the author sets in the context of the
national and international economies, the policies of development
agencies - and the slowly evolving background of social
infrastructure and skills.
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