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of those are very much in the self-interest of the U.S., and that all are 

 likely to be Impeded in the absence of adequate assistance from the U.S. This 

 is not to deny controversy over the growth of economic competition from LDC's, 

 the fact that political stability does not automatically follow growth, or the 

 significance of differences in political objectives. But, it is assumed that 

 U.S. self-interest is better served by steady advancement of developing 

 countries than by its absence. 



a. Technology Policy to Developing Countries: 



It is no longer necessary to justify the importance of technology in 

 development, and not necessary for this paper to make a relative assessment of 

 technology vs. X. The simple fact is that technology is essential in dealing 

 with the problems of agriculture, health, environment, industrialization, 

 population, energy, and most other aspects of a modernizing society, and is 

 seen (sometimes in exaggerated form) in most developing countries to be 

 essential. The U.S., whatever its relative decline in technological 

 leadership, still is the world's strongest technological nation, with a broad 

 and flexible education and research establishment. The implication is obvious. 



The scientific and technological capability of many, perhaps most, 

 developing countries is steadily improving. Nevertheless, the overwhelming 

 majority of R4D is carried out in the developed countries, either for military 

 purposes or for the domestic problems of those countries. Very little, 

 perhaps no nore than 5% of global R4D, can be said to be devoted exclusively 

 to problems of development. In a setting in which industrialized nations have 

 such a stake in economic growth and elimination of poverty in the developing 



