Integration of Science and Technology with Development. Caribbean and Latin American Problems in the Context of the United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development

✍ Scribed by D. Babatunde Thomas and Miguel S. Wionczek (Eds.)

• Publisher: Pergamon Press
• Year: 1979
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 274
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Pergamon Titles of Related Interest, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Introduction, Pages ix-xii
1 - Building Scientific and Technological Capabilities in LDCs—A Survey of Some Economic Development Issues, Pages 3-16, D. Babatunde Thomas
2 - Building National Scientific and Technological Research Capability in the Context of Underdevelopment, Pages 17-30, R.O.B. Wijesekera
3 - Science, Technology, and Education—The Problem of Human Resources, Pages 31-39, Rodrigo Zeledon
4 - Preinvestment Work and Engineering as Links Between Supply and Demand of Knowledge, Pages 43-56, Mario Kamenetzky
5 - Multinational Corporations and the Transfer of Technology, Pages 57-68, Mira Wilkins
6 - Do Multinational Corporations Really Transfer Technology?, Pages 69-78, Trevor M.A. Farrell
7 - Intermediate Technology and the Modernization of Anglophone Caribbean States, Pages 81-97, J. Dellimore
8 - Commercialization of Technology and Dependent Underdevelopment—Some Current Issues and Future Policies, Pages 98-119, Maurice A. Odle
9 - Caribbean Petrochemical Technology: Theory, Policy and A Case Study, Pages 120-136, Steve de Castro
10 - Organization of Scientific and Technological Development in Latin America, Pages 139-148, Jaime Lavados
11 - National Science and Technology Councils in Latin America: Achievement and Failures of the First Ten Years, Pages 149-166, Eduardo Amadeo
12 - Science and Technology Planning in LDCs, Pages 167-177, Miguel S. Wionczek
13 - Science and Technology Policies in Latin America—Against a Holistic Approach, Pages 178-185, Joseph B. Hodara
14 - Science and Technology Planning on a Regional Basis—The Central American Case, Pages 186-201, Jorge Arias, Francisco Aguirre
15 - Science and Technology Planning Problems in Small Caribbean Countries, Pages 202-219, Arnoldo K. Ventura
16 - Science and Technology Planning Problems in a Large Circum-Caribbean Country (Mexico), Pages 220-232, Miguel S. Wionczek
17 - Will the UNCSTD Break Through the Action Barrier?, Pages 235-237, Michael J. Moravcsik
18 - Predictable Failures of the UNCSTD, Pages 238-244, Stevan Dedijer
19 - Uncertain Prospects for the UNCSTD—Three Major Underlying Issues, Pages 245-252, Miguel S. Wionczek
20 - Summary, Pages 253-269, Vaughan A. Lewis, D. Babatunde Thomas, Miguel S. Wionczek
Index, Pages 271-275
About the Editors and Contributors, Pages 277-278
Pergamon Policy Studies, Pages ibc1-ibc2