The promotion of ergonomics in industrially developing countries

The contributions that ergonomics can make to the Development Aid industry, particularly in the areas of sustainable livelihoods and technology transfer are not being realised. The IAC approach to implementing ergonomics research and development projects for commercially competitive or legislative reasons may not be appropriate to IDCs. A closer involvement by ergonomists in occupational health care services, even where this is the responsibility of primary health care providers, might be more appropriate.