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Reforming the UN System

UNIDO's Need-Driven Model

By: Carlos A. Magariños,George Assaf,Sanjaya Lall,John D.- Martinussen,Rubens Ricupero,Francisco Sercovich

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Reforming the UN System

UNIDO's Need-Driven Model

By: Carlos A. Magariños,George Assaf,Sanjaya Lall,John D.- Martinussen,Rubens Ricupero,Francisco Sercovich

This volume discusses the rationale for and against multilateral development cooperation, with particular attention to international industrial development during the post-cold war era. It also documents how UNIDO has successfully transformed itself to contribute effectively to the global supply of international public goods within the purview of its mandate. A foreword by U.K. Secretary Clare Short illustrates the good reception that such transformation has elicited amongst the donor community as well as its demonstration and potential spillover effects on the whole of the UN system. The book, which contains testimonies of ambassadors of UNIDO's stakeholder countries as well as contributions by Messrs. J. D.-Martinussen, former Head of the Danish Mission for UNIDO's assessment, and R. Ricupero, Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development (UNCTAD), can be expected to become an indispensable reference material for students of UN affairs and the international relations and development policy communities at large.

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205

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BRILL

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900448079X

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9789004480797

Local Development and Exports of Technology

The Comparative Advantage of Argentina, Brazil, India, the Republic of Korea, and Mexico

By: Carl J. Dahlman,Francisco Colman Sercovich

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Local Development and Exports of Technology

The Comparative Advantage of Argentina, Brazil, India, the Republic of Korea, and Mexico

By: Carl J. Dahlman,Francisco Colman Sercovich

Technology exports reflect important shifts in the global pattern of comparative advantage. They reflect increasing industrial maturity and technological experience accumulated in industrialization. Except for construction and capital goods, the volume of technology exports is comparatively small, but it has reached appreciable levels in recent years. More significantly, all types of technology exports have been growing rapidly, which seems likely to continue, particularly once favorable international market conditions are restored. Technology exports can be accounted for in terms of the influences of resource endowment, government policy, and firm strategy. The combined impact of these influences can be expressed in the following terms: overall resource endowment, including human capital, determines potential comparative cost advantage; firm strategy and country policy affect the realization of potential advantages and the relative profitability of exercising them through different means; strategy and policy aspects influence changes in comparative advantage through their effects on human and institutional capital accumulation. While there are benefits to greater participation in trade, acquiring experience in newly established areas takes time and effort.

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72

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0821304143

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9780821304143