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Theoretical Physics in Trieste has been highly acclaimed for the bene- 

 fits it can give to scientists and science in the LDCs.®^^ The National 

 University in Mexico has also been the subject of a case study of how 

 a university can serve both indigenous science and the development 

 purposes of the nation.®^* The Weizmann Institute of Science in Re- 

 hovoth, Israel has been singled out for its excellence in fundamental 

 research.®^^ A variation on models is the suggestion of Professor Abdus 

 Salam of Pakistan, who has been promoting the idea of a "world uni- 

 versity" built on a confederation of advanced research institutions like 

 his own in Pakistan. The purposes of the university would be directed 

 towards developing science in the LDCs.*^^^ The study by the Commit- 

 tee on the International Migration of Talent (CIMT) cites such mod- 

 els as the Indian Institute of Technology, the Di Telia Foundation in 

 Argentina, Hacettepe University IMedical School in Ankara, La Mo- 

 lina Agricultural University in Peru, the University of Valle in Co- 

 lombia, the Korean Institute of Science and Technology, and niany of 

 the newly created universities in Af rica.^^^ 



"Centers of excellence" may be a beginning for the development of 

 indigenous science in the LDCs. Though their full potential is far 

 from being realized, their existence appears vital to science and devel- 

 opment. Again, as Professor Moravcsik observes, "The importance of 

 the indigenous element in the establishment of scientific tradition can- 

 not be overemphasized, and skillful external fostering and encourage- 

 ment of such an element through the marshalling of the joint resources 

 of a region are essential." *^^^ 



However, the CIMT study cautions that the potential total effect of a 

 new^ institute on development should be the center of attention, not 

 potential effects on migration. Citing the case of the Korean Institute 

 of Science and Technology, it noted that almost 50 Korean Ph. D.s 

 returned from the United States to work at this Institute. But, it em- 

 phasized, "what makes the Institute worthwhile is its product — indus- 

 trial development and innovation. The return of emigres is a bonus." ^'^ 

 Nevertheless, however valid that conclusion may be, the role of "cen- 

 ters of excellence" in supplementing the repatriation efforts by LDCs 

 trying to bring back their scientists and technologists who have been 

 drained off to the advanced countries is not to be discounted. In many 

 cases such efforts have proved to be most effective in retrieving 



«^3 The 'New York Times, Nov. 23, 1969, p. 82. Philip Dallas. "Helping Young Nations Keep 

 Their Physicists Home," Management Review (February 196S), pp. 52-53. 



o'* Carl DJerassi, "Research Centers in Developing Nations," Development Digest 7, 

 (April 1969), Dp. 64-66. 



0^5 Nafler, ''Technical Experts In Developing Countries," Science and Technology in 

 Develoning Countries, p. 474. 



«^« The Neiv York Times, Nov. 23, 1969, p. 82. 



••"CIMT study, p. 710. 



8^« Moravcsik. "How to Help With Modest Resource?' p. 17. 



<"» CIMT study, p. 710. 



