Transfer of Technology to Developing

Abstract:
This paper analyzes national and international policy options to encourage the international transfer of technology, distinguishing between four major channels of such transfer: trade in products, trade in knowledge, direct foreign investment and intranational and international movement of people. A typology of country ‘types’ and appropriate policy rules of thumb is developed as a guide to both national policymakers and rule making in the WTO. We argue that policies should differentiate between countries. The policy recommendations made illustrate the more general need for such differentiation in the application of special and differential treatment of developing countries in the WTO.
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