New Institutional Arrangements for Development, Science and Technology

Institutional arrangements, credit market development and loan repayment in Chile

In this paper, we study the effect of legal reforms and institutional changes on credit market development and the low level of unpaid debt in the Chilean banking sector. Using time series data on yearly basis (1960-1997), we conclude that both information sharing and deep financial market liberalization during the seventies are positively related to the credit market development. Moreover, usi...

Science and Technology Communication for Development

D eveloping countries today face a wide range of needs, from more secure food supplies to cheap and effective medicines. One factor that almost all these needs have in common is that satisfying them adequately will not occur without the use of modern science. These same countries also face a range of political dilemmas—such as whether to accept the growing of genetically modifi ed crops or how ...

New Hopes and Serious Potentials for a Collaborative Network on Cognitive Science and Technology among ECO Member Countries

Identifying and Ranking Development Drivers of Knowledge-based Technology-Driven Companies (Case study: Fars Province Science and Technology Park)

The purpose of this Study study is to identify and rank the development drivers of knowledge-based, technology-driven businesses. This work is conducted as a case study in Fars Province Science and Technology Park. It is a descriptive survey in terms of purpose since a part of its data is collected through questionnaires and is of surveying type because it describes the existing conditions. The...

Science and technology: new tools, new dimensions.