Expert Meeting on Best Practices in the Transfer of Technology

GLOBAL PROGRAMME ONLINE NEWS, GENEVA, 8 April 2002

EXPERTS WILL MEET AT THE PALAIS DES Nations, Geneva on 11 April 2002, to identify policies favouring technology transfer and increased productivity.

The meeting, organised by UNCTAD s Division on Investment, Technology and Enterprise Development and funded by the Global Programme, will focus on three case studies of sectors in selected developing countries. The studies are on aircraft manufacturer Embraer in Brazil, the South African automobile industry, and the Indian pharmaceutical industry.

In each sector, the comparative advantage was only recently created through effective investment in physical and human capital, and the use of new technology or adaptation of existing technology.

The case studies and experience shared during the meeting will be published and widely disseminated among the development community, thereby assisting countries to harness technology and integrate and compete in the global economy.

For more information please visit www.globalprogramme.org/bestpractices

Or email khalil.hamdani@unctad.org

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