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derdevelopment : it is not a cause but a component of the deeper dis- 

 equalizing process that broadens and perpetuates the development gap 

 between rich and poor. Dr. Hornig's analysis in 1968, still valid, ad- 

 vances the essential truth that the remedy lies in development. "The 

 problem of migration," he told the Senate Judiciary' Committee in 

 1968, "should be viewed not in isolation, nor as a primary problem. It 

 should be viewed as a symptom of the basic problems of national de- 

 velopment, and as a guide to problems that should be attacked at the 

 source." 6*6 



Economic development is the principal instrumentality for modern- 

 ization : * 



— It has the basic components that insure material success and 

 progress in a scientific-technological age ; 



— It creates the means for satisfjdng manpower demands and 

 needs for society ; 



— It enhances a developing nation's capacity to absorb surplus 

 professional manpower, and thus break the "vicious circle" in 

 the disequalizing process that is responsible for generating, aggra- 

 vating and perpetuating the development gap between rich and 

 poor; 



— It stimulates the rational use of resources, human and ma- 

 terial, and by necessity allows their allocation for building a 

 scientific-technological infrastructure for improving the work- 

 ing environment of the scientists, technologists, and other pro- 

 fessionals who contribute concretely to nation-building; 



— It encourages the development of a national science policy 

 that combines the community of scientists and technologists with 

 that of the political and economic leaders and integrates tlieir 

 purposes into a single overall planning goal, namely, develop- 

 ment of the nation ; 



— It can contribute to altering national values and traditions 

 so that science and technology can be respected and appreciated 

 for their real worth and accordingly assigned the prestige they 

 deserve as vital elements in nation-building; 



— It stimulates the spirit of science so necessary in this modern 

 age; 



— It can correlate the educational needs of the nation with the 

 principles of nation-building and thus induce rationality in the 

 development of trained human resources so that the balanced 

 needs of a developing industrial and agricultural economy can be 

 achieved ; and 



— It can create the rewards and incentives that are so necessary 

 in attracting and retaining professional manpower. 



CHEATING SCIENTIFIC-TECHNOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: RELATIONSHIP 



TO DEVELOPMENT 



Essential to the task of development, and thus of remedying brain 

 drain from the LDCs, is building a scientific-technological infra- 

 structure within the developing nations. Science and technology are 

 vital instruments for development in the modern age. They generate 

 the scientific spirit so important in transforming national habits, atti- 



**<= Hearings, Senate, Judiciary Committee, Intematio-nal Migration of Talent and Sliills, 

 1968. p. 105. 



