A fundamental change is emerging in the World Bank's perception of the problems of the debt overhang and in its ideas for development strategies. The author examines the implications for debtor countries.

The importance of competition law as a policy lever to help the EU compete at the forefront of science and technology seems to have been overlooked by the Commission. As a consequence, the EU appears to be at a disadvantage to the USA in terms of the regulatory environment for intellectual...

Development technology will have a crucial role to play in the realization of the Third World’s ambitious industrialization plans. Professor Havemann presents a system of development technologies which is expected to help in establishing appropriate organizational and research facilities.

There are important reasons why Japan's policy regarding imports of technology should find its place in the literature devoted to the economic development of Asia, Africa and Latin America. It is Japan which mastered to a highest degree the ability to subordinate technology imports to...

The Federal Republic of Germany will be facing in the next few years changes in its economic structure which, if not in their extent, in their effect on the employment situation will be without parallel in the post-war period. After fifteen years of nearly uninterrupted full employment, it is...