Designing Public Procurement Policy in Developing Countries: How to Foster Technology Transfer and Industrialization in the Global Economy

ISBN-13: 9781461414414 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 268 str.

Yülek, Murat A.

Opis

This book presents effective strategies for developing countries to transform their demand for manufactured imports into a tool for technology transfer, enhancing absorption capacity and development, paying particular attention to how national procurement policies can be geared towards assisting technological development. The technology transfer is considered one of the crucial and complicated challenges for the development efforts of these countries, which are characterized by insufficient infrastructure and superstructure and high levels of imports of manufactured goods, both of which require a significant investment of resources. Which strategies, policies and tools could be developed and systematized with a view towards linking demand with technology transfer, therefore enhancing absorption capacity and development in emerging markets?§This book is part of a broader project which has been launched by PGlobal Global Advisory and Training Services Ltd. in cooperation with Istanbul Commerce University (ITUCU) and the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜB TAK). The contributors to this book are policy-makers, academicians and experts from different countries and sectors, who are working together to establish a platform to identify problems and develop policy recommendations on procurement based on technology transfer. The book focuses on technology transfer mechanisms, public procurement policies, counter trade and offset policies and lessons learned from successful case studies, making it of interest to both academics and policy-makers concerned with technology policy and development.

Blurb

This book presents effective strategies for developing countries to leverage their public sector demand for manufactured imports to promote industrialization, trade, and technology transfer.  Technology transfer and its absorption is considered one of the most crucial and complicated challenges for developing countries, which are characterized by insufficient infrastructure, low technological intensity of the domestic capital stock, and high levels of manufactured imports.  Which strategies and policy tools can governments employ to link demand with technology transfer, thereby enhancing absorption capacity and development in emerging economies?

This book is part of a broader project launched by PGlobal Global Advisory and Training Services Ltd., in cooperation with Istanbul Commerce University (İTUCU) and the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK).  The contributors to this book are policymakers, academicians, and experts who are working together to identify problems and develop policy recommendations for public procurement with respect to economic development.  The book includes theoretical, empirical, and case study analyses of technology transfer mechanisms, public procurement policies, and countertrade and offset strategies.  The lessons learned from these chapters will be of interest to both academics and policymakers concerned with technology transfer, industrial policy, and economic development.