The creation of technological capability in developing countries:
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1991
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| adam_text | Contents
List of figures viii
List of tables ix
Foreword xi
Acknowledgements xiii
Part One: Introduction
1 Objectives of the study 1
Technological capability 1
Objectives of the study 3
Outline of the study 4
2 Definitions, concepts, approach 9
Definitions 10
Concepts 12
Approaches to the subject of technological capability 14
Part Two: The application of economic theory to the process of
creating technological capability
3 The application of input output analysis, programming and social
accounts 19
A programming model of education 19
A programming model of technical change 20
An input output model with social accounts 22
An input output model with social accounts and alternative
techniques 24
Conclusion 27
4 The application of economic growth theory 29
Description of existing growth models: models with factor
substitutability 30
Description of existing models: models with fixed coefficients 35
Summary 40
vi Contents
5 A synthesis of theories describing the creation of technological
capability 41
Characteristics of the ideal model 42 J
Simplifications of the ideal model 43 j
Solutions to the new model with factor substitution 44
Solutions to the new growth model without factor substitution 48
Employment and unemployment 52 ¦
Conclusion 53
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Part Three: Evidence from developing countries j
6 The creation of technological capability in the primary sector 57 j
The provision of skill in the primary sector 59
Technological organisations in the primary sector 64
Creating a common purpose in organisations in the primary
sector 69
Summary 72
7 The creation of technological capability in the secondary sector 74
Necessary skills in the secondary sector 75
Secondary sector institutions in which skills reside 83
The instilling of common purpose 86
Summary 88
8 The creation of technological capability in the tertiary sector 89 :
Statistical analysis of the locus of technological capability 89
Tertiary sector organisations with some degree of technological
capability 94
Summary 97
9 Summary of the evidence 100
A framework for comparing technological capabilities 100
Technologies and technological capability 102
Other factors influencing technological capability 107
The creation of technological capability 110
Employment effects 117
Part Four: Policy
10 The nurturing of skills 121
The necessary technical skills 121
Providing necessary skills 124
Estimating the numbers of individuals to be trained 128
The quantitative aspect of public policy 137
Conclusion 138
11 The creating of organisations 140
Organisations providing basic technical training 141
Organisations providing training in the medium level skills 142
Organisations providing training in high level skills 147
Organisations advancing and disseminating technical knowledge 149
Organisations improving productive efficiency 154
Summary 155
Contents vii
12 The instilling of purpose 158
Policy towards private organisations 159
Policy towards public organisations internal structure and
behaviour 162
Policy towards co ordination of activities 163
The will to develop 165
13 Conclusion 167
Building technological capability 169
The ladder of competence 171
The elevation of policies 174
Summary 177
Mathematical appendix
Nomenclature of the models 179
Input output and programming models 183
Analytic growth models 185
New growth models reflecting the acquisition of technological
capability 197
Bibliography 208
Index 218
i
List of figures
5.1 Isoquants exhibiting different elasticities of factor substitution, a;
for a fixed output, Xt; in the steady state 45
5.2 Isoquants exhibiting different elasticities of factor substitution for
an economy with insufficient skilled labour 46
13.1 The ladder of competence 172
13.2 Rungs on the ladder of competence 174
A.I Optimal policy for a capital scarce economy 189
A.2 Flow diagram of the labour force in models expressing the
creation of technological capability 199
List of tables
5.1 Initial conditions and parameter values for the fixed coefficients
optimal growth model with training lags 50
5.2 Numerical results from simulations of the fixed coefficients
optimal growth model with training lags 51
7.1 Distribution of workers among activities within Yugoslavia in 1960
by workers occupation 77
7.2 Distribution of workers within Yugoslavia in 1960 between the
primary, secondary and tertiary sectors 78
7.3 Demand for and supply of technically trained persons in certain
industries in Egypt, 1964 80 79
7.4 Types and approximate duration of training in the acquisition of
higher level engineering skills, Republic of Korea, 1970 85 81
7.5 Proportion of engineers in the total employment of
technologically capable firms in India and the Republic of Korea 86
8.1 Estimate of the numbers of technically trained persons in the
primary, secondary and tertiary sectors of the Sri Lankan
economy, 1969 70 93
8.2 Numbers of academic staff members in some universities in
developing countries, 1987 96
8.3 Ratios of academic staff members in technical subjects to GNP by
sector of the economy, and to population 98
10.1 Summary statistics for the illustrative economy and for certain
similar developing countries 130
10.2 Various measures of the increase in GDP of the illustrative
economy, over the thirteen year investment programme 132
10.3 Various measures of the increase in employment of the illustrative
economy, over the thirteen year investment programme 133
10.4 Estimate of cumulative numbers of technically trained persons
needed to absorb the modern techniques to be adopted during the
production programme 135
10.5 Estimate of the numbers of technically trained persons needed to
sustain production at the beginning and end of the plan 136
x List of tables
11.1 Rough estimates of the numbers of new institutions and their
employment needed to create a technological base within the
illustrative economy over the first seven years of the Twenty
Year Plan 157
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