While many developing countries rapidly expanded their scientific and technological capabilities during the 1960s and 1970s, the current international economic crisis has severely threatened these programs and the developing world has staggered under its debt burden. These economic difficulties highlight the need to utilize effectively the limited
In this volume, an international group of experts explore ways to organize research and development programs; create flexible and appropriate linkages to promote supplier-user interactions at national, regional, and international levels; and design policy instruments to encourage and finance research and development.
