scientists and engineers who have returned to their 

 home countries. 



At another level, training within developing 

 countries in vocational subjects and technical support 

 skills needs to be greatly expanded. Typically, 

 developing countries are still short of people with 

 crucial supporting skills such as equipment repair and 

 maintenance, bookkeeping, welding, data processing, 

 materials inventorying, paramedical techniques, and the 

 like. The problem is not only to strengthen specific 

 technical training but also to spread technical 

 awareness more widely through the population. Younger 

 generations in developing countries are increasingly 

 literate, and aptitudes for scientific and technical 

 work need to be encouraged in early education. The 

 Peace Corps is a useful vehicle for supporting local 

 efforts in this direction. 



The United states has in the past provided 

 personnel and funds for building technical training 

 schools in developing countries and will continue to do 

 so. In the future, greater use might be made of the 

 capabilities of U.S. community colleges in this effort. 

 Beyond the educational establishments, however, 

 transnational corporations operating abroad are 

 increasingly perceived as important sources for 

 technical and managerial training. If U.S, experience 

 is applicable, some of the individuals trained through 

 such programs will eventually start new entrepreneurial 

 enterprises, thus building long-range capability for 

 business expansion in developing countries besides 

 providing the skills and local service industries 

 necessary to attract investment. 



A great deal of both professional and technical 

 training is already being done by private companies 

 either in the United States or through their affiliates 

 in developing countries. It is a measure of the 

 decentralized, pluralistic character of U.S. society 

 that there does not appear to be any comprehensive 

 inventory of this training, though it is known to be 

 large. We suggest that the United states, as part of 

 its preparations for the 1979 Conference, attempt to 

 survey development- related training presently carried 

 on by U.S. private industry, with a view to considering 

 its present potential and how it might appropriately be 

 enlarged or improved. We believe that U.S. companies 

 would generally be receptive to feasible proposals for 

 strengthening their training activities. 



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