Abstract
This paper examines why technologies transferred from developed to peripheral countries are often ill-suited to local needs. The author, Kacem Taj, argues that this inadequacy stems from the deep linkage between technology and the socio-economic system in which it was developed. Transferred technologies reflect not only scientific gaps but also economic, cultural, and political distances between nations. The author notes the lack of systematic criteria for measuring technological gaps, and points out that quantitative indicators such as productivity or capital intensity sometimes yield contradictory results. The paper emphasizes that the technological divide remains one of the principal causes of widening living standard disparities between nations.
Recommended Citation
Taj, Kacem
(1989)
"International Technological Relations: Imported Technologies Are Inadequate for the Needs of Peripheral Countries,"
Revue Marocaine de Droit, d'Economie et de Gestion (Moroccan Journal of Law, Economics and Management): Vol. 8:
Iss.
2, Article 14.
https://doi.org/10.66499/2665-7112.1694
Available at:
https://scholarhub.univh2c.ma/remadeg/vol8/iss2/14
DOI
10.66499/2665-7112.1694