Performance and Progress of OIC Countries towards Building Technology Development Capacity

The study evaluates the technology development capacity of 21 OIC countries based ontechnology achievement index (TAI). The state of four fundamental contributors of technologydevelopment capacity, i.e. technology creation, diffusion of old technologies, diffusion of recenttechnologies and development of human skills, essential for indigenous technology developmentor/and technology transfer and adaptation is studied for each of the 21 countries. Each fundamentalfactor is represented by two indicators. Achievement gap, comparing with the highest achiever,has been calculated for all the countries. Based on the achievement gap analysis, progress of eachcountry during the five-year period (2009-2014) in building technology development capacity hasbeen assessed. Strong and weak areas have been mentioned for some selected countries.Technology development capacity and achievement gap analysis of individual countries presentuseful information for the policy makers and planners of relevant countries to formulateappropriate policies and programmes for enhancing national capacity for technology development.

Keywords:

Technology development capacity , technology development preparedness , technology achievement , technology progress , achievement gap