Trade and Investment Division
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)



Building Capacity for Technology Transfer for Small and Medium Enterprises in Least Developed Countries
(ST/ESCAP/2306)




CONTENTS


Abbreviations
  1. ORGANIZATION OF THE NATIONAL SEMINAR ON
    BUILDING CAPACITY FOR TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
    FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES IN LEAST
    DEVELOPED COUNTRIES: A CASE IN NEPAL'S
    DEVELOPMENT, KATHMANDU, 12-13 NOVEMBER 2003


  2. FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND
    TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITY-BUILDING IN LEAST
    DEVELOPED COUNTRIES: A CASE FOR NEPAL
    1. Introduction
    2. Global and regional issues: implications for
      foreign direct investment and technological
      capacity-building in least developed countries
    3. Foreign direct investment: trends and developments
    4. Technological capability-building through foreign
      direct investment
    5. Conclusions and strategies for foreign direct
      investment promotion and technological
      capacity-building in least developed countries

  3. TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER IN SMES: PROBLEMS
    AND ISSUES IN THE CONTEXT OF NEPAL
    1. Introduction
    2. Organizations involved in technology transfer and
      development
    3. Problems and issues of technology transfer in
      Nepalese small and medium enterprises
    4. Challenges
    5. Conclusions

    6. References

  4. TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER: CAPACITY-BUILDING
    AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR OF NEPAL
    1. Technology and technology transfer
    2. Technology transfer in Nepalese enterprises
    3. Problems in technology transfer
    4. Role of business organizations in technology transfer
    5. Conclusion and suggestions

  5. Annexes

    I. Programme of the Seminar
    II. List of participants
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Last updated: 14 January 2004