10 - Eastern Europ and the New International Economic Order

Abstract

This chapter discusses the impact of New International Economic Order (NIEO) in Eastern Europe. The transfer of technology plays an extremely important role, in both the material and informational spheres. The transfer of technology from CMEA to developing countries is bound up with general principles governing the internal and external policies of these countries and with their participation in the program of a NIEO. It is also important to establish effective ties between science and production, and to successfully train cadres in developing countries for domestic scientific, technological, educational, and economic policy. Several problems must be overcome in order to improve CMEA technology transfer to developing countries in the long run. The NIEO is a complex process carried out by different international actors. The content and degree of its realization are a function of the needs of the contemporary world economy within the framework of increased economic interdependence. A process of complementary structural changes in the developed countries should occur in order to terminate production in certain areas and create more permanent economic cooperation in the productive sector on a relatively equalized technological and economic level.