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Science and technology development in the third world: Competing policy perspectives

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A planned strategy of engagement, in order to benefit from, and contribute to Western science and technology, should be the major focus of science and technology policy in the Third World. What is needed is a strategy of vigorous and innovative engagement which will be based on an open approach to Western science and technology, a dynamic model of science development integration and institutional reforms for qualitative improvements in the social structure of science in the Third World.

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  1. International Science and Technology Program, University Center for International Studies (UCIS), University of Pittsburgh, 15260, Pittsburgh, PA

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Reprinted from Knowledge and Policy: The International Journal of Knowledge Transfer and Utilization, Spring 1990, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 3–20.

His research interests include comparative science and technology policy, organizational behavior, and sociology of change and modernization.

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Shahidullah, M. Science and technology development in the third world: Competing policy perspectives. Know Techn Pol 12, 27–44 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12130-999-1012-6

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