1958 



Discusses the "gad" state of affah-g with science and technology in develop- 

 ing cottntries, and what the advanced countries can do about it. 

 White, John. The Politics of Foreign Aid. New Yorlc, St. Martin's Press, 1974. 

 316 p. 



Opens by describing the purposes, procedures and justffications for the 

 foreign aid program. Developttient should be viewed as a separate objective. 

 However "Discussion of both have often been empty. Criteria of success or 

 failure have Commonly been artifical and unreal. '^' All too often seatiment 

 guides policy. 



The author follows With a useful analysis of the various theories of devel- 

 opmental aid, both bilateral and multilateral. The politics of the aid programs 

 are also examined with respect to both doner and recipient countries. 



C. Issues Relating to a Recipient Nation 



Balasubramanyam, V. N. International Trtmsfer of Technology to India. New 

 York, Prager Publishers, 1973. 143 p. 



"The study focuses on the Indo-foreign technical collaboration agreements. 

 These agreements represent instruments of technological transfer in a relaf- 

 tively pure sense. [They] are of particular interest because of their arms- 

 length nature. In contrast to joint ventures and direct foreign investment . . . 

 they minimize the penetration of foreign interests and control into the less 

 developed countries. This is a matter of no small Ltnpoit^nce to nations still 

 in the shadow of yesterday's colonialism. . . ." The author's findings are not 

 entirely positive. ". . . he suggests that the degree of lender involvement 

 through asset ownership and managerial control or participation appears to 

 be positively related to the success of transfer. Because the collaboration 

 agreements offfer minimal scope for such involvement, they may be much less 

 effective than direct investment and joint ventures in bringing new raethodfi 

 to the less developed countries." 

 Baranson, Jack. "The Drive Toward Technological Self-Reliance in Developing 

 Countries." Paper presented at the Conference on Latin American-U.S. Eco- 

 nomic Interactions, University of Texas, March 1973. 21 p. Available from the 

 State Dept. as FAR 21050-P. 

 Baranson, Jack. "Technical Improvement in Developing Countries." Finance and 

 Development, v. 11, June 1974: 2-5. 



"Industrial technology now supplied by multinational corporations to 

 LDCs contributes inadequately to their sustained growth and development. 

 But at the same time most LDCs lack indigenous design and engineering 

 capabilities. Japan and the People's Republic of China have found wayis out 

 of this dilemma." 

 Barrett, Patrick J. "The Role of Patents in the Sale of Technology in Mexico." 

 American Journal of Comparative Law, v. 22, spring 1974: 230-280, 



Article discusses patent law in Mexico and its importance to a developing 

 country. 

 Bykov, A,N., M.P. Strepetova, and A.V. Letenko, Soviet Experience in Transfer 

 of Technology to Industrially Less-developed Countries. New York, United Nations 

 Institute for Training and Research, 1973. 187 p. (Research report, no. 15.) 

 "The Cocoyoc Declaration." International Organization, v, 29, no. 3, Summer 

 1975:893-902. 



"On October 8, 1974, a special meeting was convened in Cocoyoc, Mexico, 

 by two United Nations bodies charged with questions of technological and 

 economic import, UNCTAD and UNEP. The meeting was composed of ex- 

 perts serving in their individual capacities, presided over by Lady Barbara 

 Jackson. Since the purpose of the gathering was to discuss the implications of 

 technologies destructive of the physical environment in terms of overall con- 

 siderations of quality of life, economic development, social harmony, and in- 

 ternational concord its conclusions speak directly to the issues addressed in 

 this volume. These conclusions are among the first systematic attempts to 

 state, under United Nations auspices, the connections between the issues of 

 environmental protection and the redistribution of global economic and social 

 resources. "This article reprints the ' Cocoyoc Declaration' in its entirety." 

 Education and Science Development: Three Years of Inter- American Cooperation. 

 Washington, D.C., General Secretariat, Organization of American States, April 

 1972. 48 p. 



