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... Governmental or bilateral programs should focus on building infrastructure and human resource capacity and should encourage innovation by the private sector in small-scale, technology-based enterprises in key areas. Advanced Developing Countries The United States should create "partnerships" with the advanced developing countries based on mutual benefit and broader, long-term national interests.
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... Generalized solutions cannot be applied to developing countries indiscriminately. The United States should not adopt narrow national policies of protectionism, which are counterproductive to efforts in developing countries.
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  • produces change
  • change slowly
  • technological cooperation
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  • delivering science
  • closer attention
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  • multilateral mechanisms

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