For 10 years the trade research group at the World Bank has undertaken outstanding and innovative empirical studies of the processes under which technology transfer occurs and its impacts on local economies. This volume brings together the fruits of this endeavour and offers a wealth of perspectives on this central issue for development.

BERNARD M. HOEKMAN a CEPR (Centre for Economic and Policy Research) Research Fellow, is the World Bank's Research Manager of International Trade in the Development Research Group and Senior Economist in the Bank's International Economics Department, USA. A former member of the GATT Secretariat, he is the co-author of The Political Economy of the World Trading System: From GATT to WTO and co-editor of Turkey: Economic Reform and Accession to the European Union and Development, Trade and the WTO. BEATA SMARZYNSKA JAVORCIK is Senior Economist in the Trade Team of the D

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SIMEON DJANKOV World Bank, USA AART KRAAY World Bank, USA DANIEL LEDERMAN World Bank, USA WILLIAM F. MALONEY World Bank, USA GIORGIO BARBA NAVARETTI Universita degli Studi di Milano, Italy HOWARD PACK The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA KAMAL SAGGI Southern Methodist University, USA MAURICE SCHIFF World Bank, USA L. SERVEN World Bank, USA ISIDRO SOLOAGA Universidad de las Americas, Puebla, Mexico JAMES TYBOUT Penn State University, USA YANLING WANG The Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University, USA


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ISBN 9780821361252
Author World Bank Group
Format Paperback
Page Count 432
Imprint World Bank Publications
Publisher World Bank Publications
Weight(grams) 494g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 154mm * 18mm