technologies to the economic conditions of developing 

 nations. 



The inclusion of personnel who are not U.S. -based 

 could further expand the scope of a technology corps. 

 European, Japanese, and, most importantly perhaps, 

 developing nation personnel could participate, giving a 

 technology corps an international status. The 

 inclusion of personnel from developing nations could 

 serve to make the corps more responsive to developing 

 nation problems and could help to sensitize other 

 members of the corps about them. It would be 

 particularly desirable for nationals of the more 

 industrialized developing nations — persons who have 

 industrial operating experience in similar 

 environments — to participate in the corps. 



Potential problems with a technology corps can be 

 identified. First, it may be difficult to find enough 

 qualified persons in mid-career willing to take time to 

 serve. second, employers may be unwilling to grant 

 leaves of absence. This last obstacle might be 

 overcome if the company perceives that the employee's 

 usefulness is enhanced by working in a country in which 

 it may wish to do business in the future; that is, the 

 company might look upon such service as a long-term 

 investment. A third problem would be the cost of the 

 program — participants would have to be compensated 

 sufficiently to support their families, making the 

 program quite expensive. Most of these problems are 

 not found in existing IESC programs. 



Initiative 8. Support Continuing Research into the 



Process of Industrialization 



The determinants of industrial growth in a 

 developing economy, including the role of technology, 

 are not fully understood. While this reflects our 

 incomplete understanding of the entire economic 

 development process, the relative importance of 

 industrialization for national welfare in developing 

 countries makes the need for sharply focused research 

 especially critical. Better understanding of 

 industrialization, and of the interactions among trends 

 in technological change, factor costs, and global 

 patterns of industrial production and trade, is a 

 prerequisite to the making of sound decisions affecting 

 industrial development by policymakers in all nations. 



Some research in this area is now being performed 

 in universities in the United States and elsewhere, in 

 international agencies such as the World Bank, in 

 private research institutes, and in government 

 agencies. However, neither the volume nor the quality 



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