This unique survey will interest a large audience, from technology policymakers to business people. It will serve as a reference guide to the current state of science and technology policies in every region of the world and as a framework for analyzing and understanding how science and technology capabilities are being developed.

Aaron Segal is presently on leave from the University of Texas at El Paso teaching at the Air War College. Formerly an administrator of International Programs at the National Science Foundation, he has published extensively on science and technology policies in developing countries.

1 Learning by Doing, 2 Latin America: Development with Siesta, 3 The Caribbean: Can Lilliput Make It? 4 The Middle East: What Money Can't Buy, S Africa: Frustration and Failure, 6 East Asia: Pathways to Success, 7 China: The Search for Strategies, 8 India: Success and Failure