Agricultural Economic Report No. (AER-805) 163 pp

November 2001

Private Investment in Agricultural Research and International Technology Transfer in Asia

This report provides original estimates of private sector agricultural research and development efforts in Asia during the 1990s. The report examines seven Asia countries (India, Pakistan, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and China). The examination provides an assessment of the trends in private sector R&D developments in the agricultural inputs industries in each country.

Keywords: Agricultural research and development, private sector R&D investments, Asian R&D, science and technology policy, India, Pakistan, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and China

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