Chapter 1 

 OVERVIEW 



President Carter has called for a renewed American 

 dedication to helping developing countries meet the 

 needs and aspirations of their people. In this, 

 Americans are motivated by a desire to help build the 

 kind of global environment in which the conditions for 

 liberty and equity can grow and in which U.S. interests 

 can best be protected. Further, they are motivated by 

 a humanitarian sensitivity to the needs of the poorest 

 people. 



The United Nations Conference on Science and 

 Technology for Development will ask how science and 

 technology can better serve socioeconomic development. 

 The growth of scientific and technical capabilities in 

 developing countries over the past three decades offers 

 new opportunities to create cooperative international 

 relationships for this purpose. Growing recognition of 

 common global interests and concerns offers a basis for 

 sustaining such relationships. 



The United states and other developed countries are 

 increasingly concerned with development collaboration. 

 Nevertheless, multilateral and bilateral assistance 

 continue to play a significant role in helping 

 developing countries strengthen their own institutions. 

 Both development assistance and development 

 collaboration are parts of an overall pattern of 

 mutually beneficial relations which includes trade and 

 other forms of exchange. Certainly, scientific and 

 technological activities are an important part of that 

 pattern. U.S. strengths in these fields are widely 

 admired and sought after by developing countries. The 

 private sector — including universities, nongovernmental 

 organizations, and private industry — will continue to 

 play a particularly useful role. 



